12 November - Betula utilis stems and the leaf colour of Quercus palustris and Acer pensylvanicum.
3 December -the first hard frost on Dipsacus inermis - cut back the foliage and not only will you deprive dunnocks, tits and finches of food and habitat you will also miss the wonderful winter light through the hoar frost. It will be cut back in early March.
The same morning in the stone garden - Parrotia persica in the background.
Wintersweet, Chimonanthus praecox on 5 January.
And on January 17, Viburnum Charles Lamont.
By 12 February the frogs are breeding and winter approaches it's end.
Prunus Okame on February 14.
Pulmonaria Blue Ensign, 25 February.
Winter's last gasp along the goyle on 27 February.
And the same day showing the Prunus Okame almost hidden by a snow flurry.