Merry Christmas!

A hybrid Helleborus I planted in the garden at my parents. I Loved the lighter veins in the leaves against the reddish dried leaves of the Cersatostigma plumbaginoides and green Carex sp
The gardens have been beautiful this winter with only 1.5 inches of snow to date everything has dried in place. We need the moisture but the winter structure and freeze dried leaves have been beautiful.

Denver's three least snowiest Sept-Dec are:
1888 3.8"
1890 5.5"
1962 6.2
2010 so far 1.5"

Average is 25.6"
The snow fall season can start as early as Sept 6 and last until early June. Most years it goes Oct to May