Winter Solstice

by | Dec 21, 2020 | Blog | 2 comments

The winter solstice is here, and snow covers the ground at the Henry Garden. Snow gives us a record of all the animals’ goings-on that would normally go unseen, letting us see a different side of the garden.

Hamamelis virginiana var. henryae still retains leaves in late December, and its later blooming flowers smell like snowy lilac on a sunny day.
Fox tracks fresh in the snow, and one of our resident hawks flies in the background.
Dark-eyed juncos search for seeds amongst the purpletop grass.

By Henry Ortmeyer, Curator

2 Comments

  1. matt
    matt on December 21, 2020 at 4:21 pm

    excellent information

  2. Peggy Shaver
    Peggy Shaver on December 25, 2020 at 12:17 am

    Keep the posts coming. I can’t get there easily but love to see what’s happening.