Today ’s photograph , our 2nd runner - up in theGarden in Winterphoto contest , is from finegardening.com memberJanek15 , who says , “ These ‘ Karl Foerster ’ grass are the stark plant for Colorado wintertime winds ! This photo reminds me of Monet ’s impressionist picture of haystacks . ” Beautiful ! FYI , the grasses are ‘ Karl Foerster ’ feather reed grasses ( CalamagrostisXacutiflora‘Karl Foerster ’ , USDA Hardiness Zones 5 - 9 ) . Stay tune up for the 1st runner - up in tomorrow ’s mail !
Even while a garden is sleeping , it has joy to partake , even though you might have to look a little surd to find it . Back in December , we asked our website visitors to show us the best of their winter garden in ourGarden in Winterphoto competition . Since then we ’ve receive dozens of gorgeous photos . This week we ’re featuring the good of the good , lead up to the overall acquire photo on Friday . We lie with you ’re winter - aweary . Travel along with us this week while we remind ourselves that winter can be a beautiful sentence in our gardens .
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