Red in the garden for Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2020

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I’m all heart-eyes for the garden today as it shows off beautiful Valentine’s Day reds. Here’s native possumhaw holly (Ilex decidua) sporting clusters of tiny red berries. Soon the mockingbirds and cedar waxwings will polish these off, so I’m enjoying them while I can.

And thanks to our mild winter, round-leaf firecracker fern (Russelia rotundifolia) continues to light up a shady bed with fiery color, overlooked by a wriggly-armed squid agave (Agave bracteosa) in a fluted pot.

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