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| Fairy Blush Camellia |
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| Moss patina on picnic table |
Life abounds throughout the year at the golf course. What the Winter loses in colour, it certainly makes up in elegance. I found a few shrubs in all there hearty beauty, embracing the grey Westcoast Winter and bursting with blooms. Fairy Blush Camellia (
Camellia x 'Fairy Blush'), brimming with buds, has started blooming near the Men's change room entrance. The old gardening staple, Winter Heath (
Erica carnea), has sprays of pink and white blooms in various locations around the course. As well, as Christmas Rose (
Helleborus niger) has brightened up a few of the Winter containers with showy seasonal flowers. I'm particular fond of the appearance of the elegant pink buds on the Purple Laurustinus (
Viburnum tinus 'Gwenllian'), near the kiosk.
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| Winter heath |
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| New growth in hay bale |
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| Buds on Purple Laurustinus |
I also saw life breaking through the chilly weather right beside the Horticulture garage. The hay bales, resting on the pallets on the South side of the Turf Care Centre, were erupting with fresh new growth. Here are a few shots from a particularly sunny day last week. Check out these elaborate ice patterns formed in a set of tire tracks and the beautiful live moss patina growing on a picnic table at the TCC. An exceptional showcase of Mother Nature's artistic abilities.
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| Ice Formations in tire tracks |
