I love how the frost can either accentuate or hide the foliage of plants giving them a different character on chilly mornings. I went out and took photo’s of as many plants as I could before my hands went numb and have uploaded several here. The wind dropped so I managed to get some clearer images though several are still a blurred mess where I had to stretch over the frozen grass or soil to try and capture the shot.
The initial 5 here are:
1. Hebe albicans
2. Heuchera ‘Georgia Peach’
3. Skimmia ‘Nymans’
4. Common Fern
5. Foxglove
The others are below and all were photographed on Sunday 15th Jan.
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Day 489
Aster novi-belgii |
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Day 1421
Helichrysum 'Ruby Cluster' (Straw flower 'Ruby Cluster') Helichrysum
Budding
Surprised to spot little pink buds on one section |
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Day 869
Rosa
Flowering
Doesn’t show here but lots of frost on the top of this January Rose |
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Sunset view from the Camellia bed & Berry Bed |
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Day 158
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Day 2377
Sedum spectabile Bit blurry, I had to stretch so as not to trample the frozen grass |
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Day 1325
Clematis 'Purpurea Plena Elegans' - February Prune Clematis viticella
Budding
Dark pink buds echo the eventual flower colour |
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Day 6225
Frost melted before I got there but just look at those beautiful faded colours! |
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Day 5268
Hebe Frosted edges |
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Day 885
Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety' (Spindle 'Emerald Gaiety') Euonymus fortunei
Changing Colour
Cold weather adds a pink tinge to some of the leaves |
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Day 4203
Fragaria vesca spp. alpina |
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Day 2817
Dryopteris filix-mas Frosty edges |
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Day 673
Primula veris
Budding
Frosty as the buds appear |
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Day 1372
Skimmia japonica
Budding
Crisp green amongst frost |
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Day 1708
Osmunda regalis 'Purpurascens' (Royal fern 'Purpurascens' ) Osmunda regalis I love the angles on the fronds of this fern |
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Day 1356
Epimedium Unknown - pale yellow Epimedium Frosted leaves |
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Day 916
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea alba Digitalis purpurea Frosty edges highlight the leaf shape |
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Comments
carms wrote:
Gorgeous!
Posted on 18 Jan 12 (over 1 year ago)
rainymountain wrote:
You have some real beauties among those photos – I particulary like the frosting on the hebe, fern and foxglove.
Posted on 18 Jan 12 (over 1 year ago)
CDfolia wrote:
hebe, fern and foxglove were my favourites too. several others started out great but defrosted fast as the sun came around so I missed them. others defrosted just by having mu warmth beside them. precarious life of crystals.
Posted on 18 Jan 12 (over 1 year ago)
Bdapy2 wrote:
Great frost photos.
Posted on 18 Jan 12 (over 1 year ago)
orientallily wrote:
They’re beautiful, CDfolia. I especially love the main photo and the foxglove. Works of art!
Posted on 18 Jan 12 (over 1 year ago)
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