Garden Walk
of Bark & Limbs in Winter
'Dawn' Viburnum
Viburnum bodnantense 'Dawn' ages with lovely
crusty bark, which on ours has further attracted moss &
lichens, as shown in this February (2002) portrait
of the roadside's Dawn Viburnum.
showing off its cracked bark, & its pink winter blossoms.
This was snapped December 2003.
with limbs of an evergreen Nandina
& a semi-deciduous Japanese spirea weighted over
by snowfall from the night before.
eleven inches of snowfall & the whole garden became
a winter wonderland. This is the same shrub as shown
immediately above, but form another angle, with a bit of
the Alaska Ceder visible through the pink-blossomed branches
of the Dawn Viburnum.
still be quite impressive with its blooms right to thee
very tail end of winter, at least until mid-March.
This is a late-February portrait that shows how flowery
it can get, the pink & white cinnamen-scented blooms
contrasting to the rugged bark with still not a leaf in sight.
Even when Spring finally arrives along with new
bell-pepper-scented leaves, there'll still be a few
flowers appearing, but the leaves get so large
that the moderate rebloom that occurs the
rest of the year can pass unnoticed.
Viburnum bodnantense 'Dawn' Page
& see also the
Dawn Viburnum page of the autumn leaves gallery
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