Carol at
May Dreams Gardens encouraged everyone to be creative for December's Bloom Day, and, as I have no flowers, I've decided to post ice pictures I took earlier this week. There is a special beauty to plants encased in ice, such as the stems of this dogwood (
Cornus alba 'Elegantissma') .
The ice also highlights the structure of
Cornus alternifolia.
The yellow of the new branches of this
Cladrastis kentukea would probably have been brighter in the sun,
which sparkles off the ice here.
Finally, the closest I could get to a bloom, frozen Aster seedheads.
Happy Bloom Day!
Carol at May Dreams Gardens encouraged everyone to be creative for December's Bloom Day, and, as I have no flowers, I've decided to post ice pictures I took earlier this week. There is a special beauty to plants encased in ice, such as the stems of this dogwood (Cornus alba 'Elegantissma') .
The ice also highlights the structure of Cornus alternifolia.
The yellow of the new branches of this Cladrastis kentukea would probably have been brighter in the sun,
which sparkles off the ice here.
Finally, the closest I could get to a bloom, frozen Aster seedheads.
Happy Bloom Day!
23 comments:
This is a lovely bloom day contribution! My plan was to do something similar, but we had more snow today and I just didn't get to it. Maybe tomorrow...depending on whether ir rains or snow.
Your tree may be artificial, but it's beautiful!
Wow! That dogwood popsicle is very cool.
Ha--literally!
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Hi there, Mr McGregor's Daughter :-)
What a treat to see these beautiful pictures from your garden - I gave a big smile when I saw them!
You may not be able to see if you have any plants in flower but your garden looks quite magical without them :-D
My post is up too if you would like to visit :-D
Sorry, Mr McGregors Daughter :-)
I forgot to say - Best wishes for 2008 :-D
Great post, MMD. That's about what I have in my backyard.
Jodi - thanks! I didn't have Bloom Day in mind when I took these photos. I just wanted to capture the magic of the ice before it melted. Ice storms aren't common around here, usually once a winter, if that.
Ah, Chuck, I'm a sucker for puns! I'm glad you liked my red dogwood. I don't suppose icy branches are common in your neck of the woods.
Lise Mahnke - Thanks for choosing my wacky little saying. The "drozzle drone" part was inspired by the old cartoon of the turtle & Mr. Wizard.
Shirl - of course I'll be happy to visit! Happy Holidays to you also.
Beautiful dogwood! Our garden is a zone 8, and we've managed a few flowers yet. Actually, quite a few, as our days are still warm - it almost looks like spring. So I'll sit in my warm garden and just peer into the beautiful cold you all in the midwest are having. It's the ice is stunning, but it sure is nice to be warm! ; )
Melinda, Elements In Time
Your cornus covered in ice looks absolutely stunning! I've never seen Cornus look so good! A very creative post for GBBD!
I love the way ice looks on plants, but I don't like the destruction it can cause. Hopefully, yours wasn't heavy enough to cause damage.
That is a creative bloom day post. Ice encased gardens can be so pretty and I love to hear the 'tinkling' noise as the branches rub together. I hope there is no permanent damage in your garden.
Carol, May Dreams Gardens
I love those ice pictures--particularly the evergreen one! So pretty. (But like Carol, I hope that it wasn't a destructive beauty.)
Gorgeous pictures. And I hope you're keeping warm inside in front of a fire.
Lovely photos - we long for snow here. It is so pretty.
What beautiful pics! Ireland hardly ever gets snow anymore these past few years. And never ice like that! The red dogwood looks magical encased in the glittering ice.
Melinda - thanks for visiting! It's fun to see gardens in climates very different from our own, almost like a mini vacation.
Yolanda Elizabet - Thanks for the compliments! I've got to make an effort to find beauty in my winter garden.
Robin - It seems that the plants most vulnerable to the ice are the 1s I care about least, the rotten Boxelders. Go ahead, break, see if I care.
Carol - if it wasn't for that ice storm, I don't think I could have come up with anything for December Bloom Day. I may have to cheat for January & buy a plant in bloom. The tinkling of ice is great, I just have a hard time standing outside for very long to listen.
Blackswamp Girl - it was cloudy the 1st day I took the photos. When we finally had a sunny day, I just had to capture the sparkling ice. Driving to the store past the forest preserve was so beautiful, but I couldn't find a place to pull over to get a good shot of the trees.
Bonnie, Philip & Salix tree - welcome & thanks for visiting!
beautiful, beautiful pictures! That's something I will never see in my garden. It almost envy you
Loved the ice photos. We have the cornus elegantissima but never have berries into winter as the birds adore them. Nice post.
Gintoino - thanks for visiting! I notice that you say you Almost envy me. :) Actually, I do like gardening in a place with four seasons. Winter does have its own beauty.
Frances - I think I misled you by not labeling the 1st photo. That's a Barberry. (I hate them!) None of my Cornus's berries make it very far into the Autumn, either.
Beautiful ice! I love the way it sparkles with the sun through it! Also, you tree looks lovely!
Thanks Layanee, stay warm!
Love the red-twig dogwood photo! And the barberry too, but it's too bad it takes an ice storm to make barberry look good. When I was a kid, our neighbors planted a barberry hedge to keep us kids out of their yard - to this day I still don't like barberry ;-)
Hi, Entangled! I didn't plant the Barberry here, I hate anything with nasty thorns. To add insult to injury (figuratively & literally), there is a small path between the Barberries & the house - talk about bad planning!
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