In 115 years Minneapolis has had a white Christmas 72% of the time. I guess we had to hit one brown Christmas after living here for seven years. With green lawns and nasty sleet pelting down it was a strange looking holiday. Never fear, two days later just in time for travel, a fluffy snow fell silently in the night.
Winter interest in the northern garden is an elusive animal, there for a moment and then covered in white. Snow can define, outline and decorate, bringing out the best of the "bones" in your garden. Or it hides a multitude of gardening sins and mishaps.
Do you have winter interest where you live?
A beautiful snow after a brown Christmas
Gold edged arborvitae with frosting
The long side of the house with veggie plots
Liatris, Little Bluestem and Helenium dusted with snow
My daughter who lives down south gets a taste of real winter
'Annabelle' hydrangeas are always good for the snow
