Mind-winter blooms for the Mid-winter Blues

Life always finds a way, even in mid-winter. I am heartened that I can see signs of growth, of season, of change in my garden. They remind me that however dark, cold, and miserable the mid-winter blues can be, the end is on the horizon - this has reason and this too shall pass. "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven" - Ecclesiastes 3.1.

Ornamental kale's beautiful color and texture

The Purple and Green Aeoniums did not break in the last storm.

Detail of Aeonium blooms

Christmas Cyclamen continues to bloom

Snowdrops are the first harbinger of spring.

Fertilizer helps keep the Gartenmeister Bonstedt fuchsia flowering for the Anna's Hummingbirds

From flower to potential fruit - Anna Apple