Tag: Winter Blooming Bergenia

Best winter flowering plants for the Sierra foothills

Snapdragons in January It may seem past the point where you would want to do any planting here in the Mountain Community around Oakhurst. But there is hope for a little color especially in pots close to the house and sheltered flower beds under the eaves.   Even some bedding perennials can bloom right now…

Winter check on the Sierra Foothill garden

What I am really doing in the garden

Daffodils, only thing left in beds formerly full of Mexican primrose

Sunny January weather is lasting into February, and although chilly, by mid morning, it’s possible to putter in the garden with the sun to warm me.  After a few weeks gone, a walk around the garden reveals welcome progress, and that there is a lot of work to be done. My heart lifts as I see daffodils showing their grey green shoots from under the winter leaves.…