Winter’s Cheerleader, Yelling for Spring - New York Times Annotated
 
 
 
In the Garden
 

 
I first encountered Hamamelis mollis, the Chinese species, years ago, at Clark Botanic Garden, in Albertson, N.Y. It was a sunny January day, and this sprawling beauty — 5 feet tall and 20 feet across — lounged like a big blonde sunning […]

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A Landscape in Winter, Dying Heroically - New York Times Annotated
 

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Artfully Planned Decay
Piet Oudolf
“The skeletons of the plants are for me as important as the flowers.”
For Mr. Oudolf, in fact, the real test of a well-composed garden is […]

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No Need to Fly South to See Blossoms in Winter - New York Times Annotated
 
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania.
 
United States Botanical Garden (usbg.gov) in Washington
 
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston (gardnermuseum.org)
 
Wave Hill (wavehill.org) an estate turned public garden in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
 
Tower Hill Botanic Garden (towerhillbg.org), in Boylston, Mass.
 
Planting […]

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Classic Gardening: Great December gardens Annotated

When you love visiting gardens, winter can be a challenging time. Most gardens aren’t worth a second look in December. Here are 10 that won’t disappoint.

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