Amateur Gardening

Ice sculptures

FOR gardeners, winter can be the most beautiful and the most worrying time. Fragile flowers are suddenly blasted by sudden plunges in temperature and early morning sun can frazzle frozen buds. But even without a single flower actually in bloom, your garden can still be beautiful.

Evergreens, hedges, trees, perennials, grasses – all take on a special sparkle in winter. Whether edging flower beds or bordering the whole garden, evergreens with small leaves shine the brightest. The frost shines most along the leaf edges and a large number of

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