In the deep of winter, when the ground is brown and the trees are brown and what's left of the perennials on the ground are brown, and even the evergreens provide no relief is when gardens provide little comfort for the eyes. Those extended periods of bleakness is when we should visit the space and plan winter colour.
During the spring and summer when the bees and pollinators are active, there is colour and life enough to feed the eyes and our souls when we rest outside. We don't think enough of the bleak months. There are so many plants that look bland in the summer but will call to us in winter. The contrast they provide when the garden is dormant and the cold drags on is the beauty we need to tide us over till a new season. The reds and yellows and blues remind us of beauty in the drabness.
Where are the colours in our lives we planted for the deep of winter?
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