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On crisp mornings the frost on the Garden is lovely and a light covering of snow adds to its winter beauty. The fruit on the heavenly bamboo provides a touch of color and pansies peaking through the snow assure us that Spring is not all that far away.
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Fruit on hollies and coralberries are still attractive.
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The ornamental grasses remain lovely. The feathery texture of miscanthus will be attractive until late winter.
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Plants with other noteworthy winter features to enjoy are the berries on winterberries and the attractive bark on the paperbark maple and river birch.
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Colorful bark on many of the shrub dogwoods adds bright colors to winter.
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In the Linnean House you can enjoy some early camellias as well as cyclamens.
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The pines in the Japanese Garden are always picturesque be sure and take a stroll to see them. Also note Norway spruce, which is a good large growing evergreen for the area. Sawara cypress, one of our Plants of Merit, makes a dependable garden evergreen under 6 feet tall.
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