A Winter Garden in PA

By Kim Charles

Kevin Kelly create four season focus for year daily round enjoyment .

" Happy New Year to everyone . My garden is come up on 20 long time sometime , and has seen many changes over the years as I have become a in effect gardener . One of my garden goals is to create a four time of year garden , so every winter , I walk through the garden , assume photos , and evaluate the winter landscape . This is a great time to see the structure of the garden . coniferous tree are in their nimbus . I have managed to hale 131 conifer into my 0.44 acre landscape . I also measure decorative gage and perennial with substantial stems and seedpods this time of year . The wintertime garden has its own value , and keep me going until March when Hellebores and Galanthus waken with their efflorescence . trust you savor . Kevin Kelly . "

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The new Rock Garden, added last spring, going through it first winter.

Pinus bungeana

Miscanthus sinensus ‘Little Kitten’. Pinus strobus, Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’

Ilex opaca ‘Maryland Dwarf’ (native prostrate spreading holly)

Pinus mugo “Aurea', backdrop Prunus laurocerasus ‘Otto Luyken’

Helleborus and Epimedium

Backyard, which is very shallow, only 30 feet from the backdoor to the property.

Conifors frame the path to the door. Acer japonicum ‘Aconitifolium’ provides structure to pull us forward.

The front bed changes each year with new bulbs and annuals. Winter interest provided by: Abies concolor ‘Wintergold’, Pinus strobus ‘Westin Elf’, Picea omorika ‘Nana’, Pinus densiflora ‘Vibrant’, and the weeping Japanese maple.