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At the Arboretum 12/13/24
In Jenny Rose Carey’s newsletter this week, she posted the following quote from Marion Henderson’s book, Pot-Pourri:
“The year drips its life slowly away from naked trees where rain hangs in crystal drops. The days are short and seem bereft of light. Yet there are times when winter’s beauty cannot be denied and trees in their dark tracery are etched against the cold blue sky. If the sun shines, the world of nature, sleeping, seems to stir and almost to wake and live again.”
Ms. Henderson’s words reminded me of a recent trip to the Arboretum on a grey, rainy day, when I snapped the following photographs. The bare branches of Heptacodium miconioides (Seven Sons Tree) reaching up against a slate grey sky presenting a beauty not seen when the tree is leaf covered. The vibrant red berries of Ilex verticillata ‘Red Sprite’ (Winterberry Holly) dripping with rain drops providing a bright spot in the garden on a dreary day. No sun appeared during my visit, but I was struck by the beauty of various plants in close proximity to one another: a Blue Spruce in front of a large clump of dry ornamental grasses, the delicate branches of a tree in front of a dark green Spruce tree, all coming together in a mix of shape, color, texture, size to create a beautiful winter vignette.
Picture credits: Margery Ennist
Beauty of December by Elizabeth Brannin
Regular contributor, Elizabeth Brannins, sent me a nice email along with some beautiful pictures from last week. Thanks, Elizabeth, and best wishes for the holidays to you as well.
I stopped by the arboretum last Thursday, the coldest, windiest day! . I wanted to share the “Beauty of December” photos I took. I wish you and everyone who keeps the Arboretum beautiful through all the seasons a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! !! My visits bring me so much Joy! Flowers in December!! 🙂
Elizabeth Brannin
At the Arboretum – 12/11/24
A recent visit to the Arboretum was full of discoveries, among them a large Edgeworthia chrysantha (Paper Bush) by the back door to the Haggerty Education Center, chock full of buds ready to open in the coming weeks; a small clump of Galanthus (Snowdrops) quietly blooming behind a rock next to the fish pond in front of Matilda’s Cottage; a Chrysanthemum cv. ‘Sheffield Pink’ (Pink Daisy Mum) in full bloom, graciously hosting a visitor. The gardens are quieter now and the beauty more subtle, but it is there, even in December.
Picture credits: Margery Ennist.
