That's the way it works. There is always an element of risk.
The Hellebore have joined in.
But these are the cold hardy. They are adapted to snow.
The risk comes in the quality and duration of the cold and the snow. The deep cold is what matters the most.
Today before snow, the short running bamboo by the chimney was named. If I put the name here I'll know where to find it.
Meet Sasha veitchii. It is a cold hardy variegated bamboo that makes a nice evergreen groundcover in the shade. Sister #1 didn't like it and said it didn't go with the chimney. I told her her father planted it there. I like it. My father had good taste in plants.
There is another colony of it below her mother's house next door.
I travel to and fro. Tomorrow it will be in the snow.
In the land of Snowdrops, Solly Kitty's digestion has resumed the normal direction of flow. That is a good thing. I might be raising an indoor cat. A walk in the garden failed when she didn't want to leave the front decks or wander too far from the front door. Solly likes her warm winter den.
All the beasts do.
I am hoping the snow will be crocus high.
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2 comments:
While the bamboo looks pretty I would be afraid it would take over the whole garden, prevent your gorgeous native orchids and other spring ephemerals from coming up. That Solly has it made. She knows a good thing when she has it.
Lisa this bamboo isn't as scary as the bigger running bamboos. The runners are thinner than a pencil and the spread is slower than many other aggressive spreading groundcovers. Plus we got plenty space to cover.
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