Someone who really knew what they were doing landscaped Moogie's Manor. There is always something flashing color, no matter the season. Right now we have scads of bright red holly berries showing off next to the deep green leaves. And there is always visual interest. My gosh, Autumn was fabulous!! There was so much color you could almost hear it.
One of my favorite plants is pictured above -- it's a Harry Lauder's Walking Stick. The leaves are very soft -- almost fuzzy. Ours is just outside the front door, and you look right at it from the office windows. See it on the left?
It's a member of the Filbert family, but doesn't usually produce. This is what it looks like today, wearing a "dusting" of snow (Yep, the weatherfolk predicted a "dusting" of snow last night. Cars were crashing into one another all night out there in the dust storm. We got over 3" of dust.):
And a closer-up, after the ice storm on Sunday:
I mean, how cool is that ?!?!
The literature says it flowers in the spring before leafing out. I can't wait!
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Ice encrusted trees and what-nots are quite pretty, as long as you don't have to get out in that sorta weather. And the power stays on.
ReplyDeleteThree inches o' dust? Why that's just a normal day here on The High Plains o' New Mexico! Wait. Different dust. Never mind.
So far, so good on the power front, Buck. Keeping stuff crossed!
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