Ornamental grasses can be really challenging to over winter in pots. If you cover the pots withwhite plastic like I show herethat helps a great deal because it keeps them dry so they don’t rot. But uncovered, they don’t do well in pots over the winter here in the north. Over win...
Steve Bender As you might guess from its name, winter daphne (Daphne odora) blooms in winter. These photos are from theAldridge Gardensin Hoover, Alabama. A sweet, spicy perfume wave alerted the winter daphne's presence as the fragrance lifted from the round shrub less than 18 inches high....
"Yule, is when the dark half of the year relinquishes to the light half. Starting the next morning at sunrise, the sun climbs just a little higher and stays a little longer in the sky each day. Known as Solstice Night, or the longest night of the year, much celebration was to be h...
but not freezing space. Some actually put them in a cloth bag and hang them in the well, far above the water level but at least a few feet down because the air in the well is never cold enough to freeze.