Ok, ok. I know its been a long time since I've blogged but you haven't missed much. Between freezing rain and chilling wind, the weather hasn't been conducive with happy gardening. Below is an image of my winter container looking a little worse for wear. Included is Magnolia grandiflora, Ilex opaca, Ilex opaca 'Longwood Gardens', Cornus sericea 'Cardinal', Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea', and Celastrus orbiculatus, also known as bittersweet. Most of the bittersweet berries have dried up and dropped and the magnolia leaves are starting to turn a bronze color, but, hey, if you had to sit outside through a snow blizzard and sleeting rain you wouldn't look so great either.

I know this isn't Longwood related but I have to include a holiday photo of my mom, our dog, and a beautiful Douglas Fir from the Christmas tree farm I helped to manage.