Arbutus andrachnoides tree leaning against stone stairway at Bodnant Garden
Winter flowering daphne (Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’)
Helleborus argutifolius (holly-leaved hellebore)
Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ (witch-hazel) with grasses
Trachelospermum jasminoides showing winter colour
Here are a few more of my favourite shots from Bodnant Garden earlier this winter (this is the garden with the pink snakebark tree). Bodnant is deservedly one of the National Trust’s top ten winter gardens. For details and the full list, see the National Trust’s website.
Great photos, I really like the last one 🙂
I was really surprised when I saw the plant out of the corner of my eye. It completely cloaked the wall and was such an amazing colour.
Lovely post and photos, as always.
Thanks, Kit.
Witch-Hazel is a plant? This is my “learn something new every day” moment. Thanks!! It’s so pretty!
There are several colours along the sunrise-sunset scale from yellow to red.
It is a long time since we visited. We were only discussing last night if we should head that way this summer.
The more I go, the more I find to like there.
What a glorious witch-hazel.
It looked particularly good with the tall grasses. I took several different shots but none that quite shows how well they looked together.
Love the photo of the Trachelospermum jasminoides — mine never color up like that in cold weather! They just stay green, which is fine, but the red foliage in your photo is beautiful.
I was surprised by the colour at the time, although I’ve since noticed some English bloggers whose plants are the same. I don’t know if we have a particular cultivar over here that colours well in the winter, or if it’s an effect of our climate. There wasn’t a cultivar name on the label.
So lovely! Hope the upcoming storm doesn’t hit too hard.
Thank you! The snowflakes from The Beast From The East are falling as I write. Over in my part of Lancashire it isn’t as bad as it is elsewhere. Of course we aren’t used to the snow or ever fully prepared.
Right! And that can be the most dangerous. If you don’t absolutely have to be anywhere, it’s best to stay off the roads.
Lovely garden!
It’s one I remember from childhood holidays so have a particular affection for. I don’t really remember it as it is, but climbing up the hillside opposite. I always wonder if there’s something to explore on the hillside I’m missing, or if I was just being a child who likes the wrapping more than the actual present.
I love this – the kids view is something I wish I had retained.
That arbutus looks like one of our natives.
My sweetheart said it was at the time.
It was a native there, but not here. We have different arbutus. They are nice in the wild, but not so easy to use in the landscape. They do not always cooperate with pruning.
That place has no end of gorgeousness, does it? I am totally charmed by the daphne, and I think I’ve never even heard of it before — it looks like that in the WINTER?? Lovely images, all!
You usually smell the daphne before you see it, but sadly can’t share that in a picture.
How beautiful! and your whole site is so lovely!
Thanks – yours is lovely too!
So very beautiful! Thanks for showing us.
My pleasure.