Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 45

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 45

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photos taken November 12th 2023 of dry garden scruff and still-soft, grey lambs ears.

Well, we have definitely now entered the brown phase of Colorado Front-range fall/winter.  I almost said ‘the everlasting brown phase’, but of course this whole post-series puts the lie to that.  We have come to the time of year, though, when a long look at the landscape reminds you that this is the next thing to a desert, and the bits of beauty hiding out in the garden require, usually, a rather close eye.

Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years paints a surprisingly festive picture, where the hints of grey and a little bit of snow only emphasize the season.

(I also find myself curious about which bits of foliage turned pretty colors and which did not on any given year.  Red raspberry leaves in 2021, but green in 2022 and mostly green this year.  Brilliant barberry in 2022 but not this year…)

A mosaic of 11 weekly garden images showing late October to mid November for 2021-2023.  Fall fruits and colors mixed with winter browns and greys.
November 11th 2023 garden – looking back (and forward) by 1-week and 1-year steps.

Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years demonstrates that this is definitely the time of year for showing off the hardy lambs ears whose soft, grey-green leaves give such a pretty color contrast with fallen tree leaves.  And of course the suggestions of either upcoming dry or upcoming snow.  It’ll be both, of course, but the timing and proportions are always the question.

A mosaic of 11 weekly garden images showing mid October to late November for 2019-2023.  Splashes of pink flowers against foliage in yellow, grey, grey-green, and brown.
November 11th 2023 garden – looking back (and forward) by 2-week and 2-year steps.

…This week my garden is decidedly untidy.  So it goes.

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