Is it ever going to stop snowing? We are all longing for the warmer, sunny days of spring but are you ready for it? To me, it seems like spring is the fastest season of the year! We need to prepare so when it finally gets here, we are ready.
PLAN, PLAN, PLAN . . . Look outside at your yard right now. Do you have a four season landscape? In other words, does your landscape look good year round? Even though many plants are dormant right now, there are many beautiful plants and structures to decorate the landscape in the winter too.
Conifers are an obvious choice for winter interest and they come in many sizes, shapes and colors ranging from shades of green, blue, and yellow. Trees and shrubs can have decorative bark like the red or yellow twig dogwood. Some plants hold their ornamental fruit late into the season. Ornamental grasses also look beautiful standing up in the snow in the winter time.
Structures that can be left outside for the winter could include an arbor, gazebo, fancy bird feeder, water feature, boulders, or statuary. If your landscape is lacking appeal right now, plan to add some of these items to your area during the upcoming growing season.
