Shade Gardening: astilbe, 1 by crazy4plants

crazy4plants wrote:
I'm going to share a great --- great perspective of climate change and how different we have it in the PNW and especially in snow country. The angle is slighter higher in winter as I could not get down in the snow or I wouldn't get down in the snow for the picture but. Here is a photo of our pond and patio/pergola area. It is hard to see the patio because the trees block it from view in the summer but you'll get a good idea. Then look at the following winter photo. It is shockingly different. This was five months apart, all this year. Oh, how So. Cal looks so good in winter months.

June 08