Explore Susan's YouTube Channel

Midwinter Fire dogwoods add brightly colored stems to the winter garden. You can cut them back regularly to keep them small and promote the brightly colored new growth or let them grow into a small tree. These adaptable deciduous shrubs have great fall color and are easy to grow. Connect with us! https://www.Instagram.com/gardengrowseattle http://howdoesyourgardengrowseattle.com/

Combine moss, lichens, conifer cones and other foraged goodies from the garden with candles to create beautiful displays that light up the dark winter days and help celebrate the holidays. Bringing these gorgeous botanical bits indoors and on your tabletop is a great way to celebrate the details found in nature and the garden, play with color and texture and bring a bit of life and light indoors at a dark time of year. Always be careful with a lit candle! MATERIALS LIST Tray or dish with a flat bottom Sturdy candle holders https://a.co/d/2mUkHFl Candles: Vance Kitira https://a.co/d/bgCDo33 British Colour Standard https://britishcolourstandard.com/ Museum putty https://a.co/d/hxNInnC Moss and lichens Pretty cones, sticks, seed pods, acorns, or other elements from the winter garden you’d like to display TIMECODES Intro 0:00 Materials 2:27 Instruction 5:14 Connect with us! https://www.Instagram.com/gardengrowseattle http://howdoesyourgardengrowseattle.com/

Sasanqua camellias are phenomenal evergreen shrubs that can be used in many ways and in many places in the garden. Sasanqua camellias can grow in a variety of light conditions - partial shade, shade and even full sun. And they are also versatile in how you can shape them - as small trees, large shrubs, as a hedge, or even as an espalier. Plus they bloom in fall and winter, adding gorgeous flowers to the garden when not much else is blooming. They attract hummingbirds to the winter garden and some varieties are fragrant. What more could you ask for from one gorgeous plant? Connect with us! https://www.Instagram.com/gardengrowseattle http://howdoesyourgardengrowseattle.com/

Sword ferns are a beautiful and reliable native fern that makes a great addition to the garden. These evergreen ferns are highly versatile, surviving in a wide variety of conditions from sun to shade. They are great for tough locations and for solving problems like what to put in the dry shade under large trees or how to have an evergreen soft woodland garden. They have a big bold symmetrical round shape and look best if you cut them back each year. Connect with us! https://www.Instagram.com/gardengrowseattle http://howdoesyourgardengrowseattle.com/

Beautyberry is an eye catching conversation starter in fall and early winter when it is loaded down with vibrant purple berries. This large shrub is pretty inconspicuous most of the year, but then in October, the bright purple berries steal the show and it’s hard to ignore. Plant it somewhere where it can spread wide and mix with other plants that can provide interest in spring and summer, but where you’ll be able to enjoy these beautiful berries, fall foliage, and birds feasting in fall and winter. Connect with us! https://www.Instagram.com/gardengrowseattle http://howdoesyourgardengrowseattle.com/

Dwarf plumbago is a beautiful groundcover that blooms in late summer and fall with vibrant blue flowers. These flowers have a long bloom time and look even more fantastic as we move into autumn and the leaves turn bright red. This deciduous groundcover can spread wide and is a great plant to fill the spaces between larger shrubs or edge the front of the border. It grows best in partial sun, but can tolerate full sun or full shade as well. Connect with us! https://www.Instagram.com/gardengrowseattle http://howdoesyourgardengrowseattle.com/