(This post was originally published on January 1st 2016).
After a wet and mostly warm December, the last few days have been crisp, cold and cloudless. The first morning of 2016 proved perfect for grabbing pictures of new snow on the Cascade and Olympics. The garden didn’t disappoint either.
Morning view of the Olympic Mountains
Later on the morning I decided to sort through my 2015 pictures and post a few favorites in the garden. Now in 2023 the photos bring back the beauty of a well tended plants. An oasis of memories in the warmer months of spring, summer, and fall.
Hellebore: January 1, 2016
Frosty Fragaria chiloensis and Kinnikinick : December, 31, 2015
Buds of Pink Crimson Flag enjoying the rain, November, 2015
Olive: Olea europaea ‘Arbequina,’ September, 2015
Rosa ‘Hansa’ July, 2015
June 2015
Campanula cultivar May, 2015
New buds on branch of red twig dogwood cultivar Jan, 2015
Pacific Northwest Specialty Plants 
What a great year in review! Your garden is an inspiration.
Amazing view of those mountains. Something we never see in this part of the world. And that’s a particularly nice Hellebore variety.
I think that Hellebore is Helleborus x ballardiae ‘Cinnamon Snow,’ one of my newest and reliably upright (so far) in habit. At the Flower and Garden show in Seattle this month Hellebores were everywhere in evidence. I bet lots were from Oregon growers and all had (seemingly) kicked their nodding habits! I wonder if other gardeners notice newer upright cultivars becoming less so as the years go by? I’m keeping an eye on the newer varieties, which seem to have the nodding habit bred right out of the plants DNA.
Gosh, now I feel like I bought the wrong kind of Hellebores.
I have plenty of droopy ones too ; -) And I like them as well!