Leaves From My Garden

pages from the Notebooks of ..........Helen Cronin

Garden Photo Challenge: Weeks 41 – 52

Here are the final months of the Garden Photo Challenge. Below you will find the Collages I made of  the photos I took each day. By arranging them into a weekly collages you will see the variety of interest I can found in my small garden during late Winter and on into the Spring

If this is your first visit to Leaves From My Garden you might like to read about why the Challenge took place here

You can see the  first Collages, for the Weeks 1 – 10: April 7th – 15th June 2017 if you click here

The Collages for the weeks 11 – 20: 16th June – 24th August can be seen if you click here

To see the Collages for the weeks 21 – 30: 25th August – 2nd November you can need to click here

And to see the Collages for the weeks 31 – 40: 3rd November 2017 – 11th January 2018 you need to go here

Week 41: 12 – 18 January

The-Garden-Photo-Challenge-to-prove-that-even-a-small-garden-can-be-interesting-all-year-Collage-of-photos-for-week-41 12th January – Waterfall In the Norwegian garden

13th January – Dwarf Pine cones

14th January – Heavenly Bamboo berries

15th January –  Hellebore Flower buds

16th January –  Christmas Box flowers and berries

17th January – Winter Aconites

18th January – Hazel catkins

Week 42: 19 – 25 January 2018

The-Garden-Photo-Challenge-to-prove-that-even-a-small-garden-can-be-interesting-all-year-Collage-of-photos-for-week-4219th January – Variety of Hellebores

20th January – Grevillia ‘Canberra Gem’

21st January – Iris foetidissima berries

22nd January – Water Hawthorn flowers

23rd January – Winter Aconites

24th January – Snowdrops

25th January – Helleborus

Week 43: 26 January – 1 February 2018

The-Garden-Photo-Challenge-to-prove-that-even-a-small-garden-can-be-interesting-all-year-Collage-of-photos-for-week-4326th January – Iris reticulata

27th January – Aucuba berries

28th January – Cyclamen hederafolium

29th January – Iris reticulata

30th January – Snowdrops

31st January – Helleborus corsica

1st February – Chamaecyparis thyoides

Week 44: 2 – 8 February 2018

The-Garden-Photo-Challenge-to-prove-that-even-a-small-garden-can-be-interesting-all-year-Collage-of-photos-for-week-442nd February – Hebe cupressoides

3rd February – Primula vulgaris

4th Feb- Honeysuckle Berries Lonicera henryi(?)

5th Feb – Frost on the Waterfall and dwarf Conifers

6th February – Frosted Bergenia leaves

7th Feb – Frost on the leaves of Variegated Periwinkle

8th February – Frost on Alpine Saxifrage leaves

Week 45: 9 – 15 February 2018

The-Garden-Photo-Challenge-to-prove-that-even-a-small-garden-can-be-interesting-all-year-Collage-of-photos-for-week-459th February – Winter Flowering Jasmine

10th February – Red berries on Aucuba

11th February – Snowdrops in Winter sunshine

12th February – Winter Heathers

13th February – Nandina domestica berries

14th February – Cornus ‘Midwinter Fire’

15th February – Frog spawn in the Garden pond

Week 46: 16 – 22 February 2018

The-Garden-Photo-Challenge-to-prove-that-even-a-small-garden-can-be-interesting-all-year-Collage-of-photos-for-week-4616th February –  Dwarf Conifer

17th February – Bracket fungus on Log pile

18th February – Comfrey flowers

19th February – Winter Flowering Jasmine

20th February – Crocus

21st February – Cyclamen hederafolium

22nd February – The Hellebore collection

Week 47: 23 February – 1 March 2018

The-Garden-Photo-Challenge-to-prove-that-even-a-small-garden-can-be-interesting-all-year-Collage-of-photos-for-week-4723rd February – Buds on Japanese Quince Niesdorfer

24th February – Hellebore variety not known

25th February – Grevillea ‘Canberra Gem’

26th February – Ice in the Waterfall

27th February – Snowy Primroses

28th February – Snow on the Hellebore corsica

1st March – Ice in the waterfall

WEEK 48: 2 – 8 March 2018

The-Garden-Photo-Challenge-to-prove-that-even-a-small-garden-can-be-interesting-all-year-Collage-of-photos-for-week-482nd March – Snow across the Norsegian garden

3rd March – Snowy stream

4th March – Hebe cupressoides in the snow

5th March – Aquilegia  fresh new leaves

6th March – Sunshine on the Hellebores

7th March – Dewdrops on the Japanese Maple branches

8th March – Purple Crocus

Week 49: 9 – 15 March 2018

The-Garden-Photo-Challenge-to-prove-that-even-a-small-garden-can-be-interesting-all-year-Collage-of-photos-for-week 499th March – Sorbaria sorbifolia

10th March – Snowdrops

11th March – Rosimarinus prostrata

12th March – Anemone blanda

13th March – Cherry Plum blossom

14th March – Dwarf Japanese Cherry blossom

15th March – Primula vulgaris

 

Week 50: 16 – 22 March 2018

The-Garden-Photo-Challenge-to-prove-that-even-a-small-garden-can-be-interesting-all-year-Collage-of-photos-for-week-50 16th March – Japanese Quince blossom

17th March – First flowers ofProstrate Speedwell

18th March – Skimmia japonica snow on flower buds

19th March – Waterfall in the snow

20th March – Pennisetum alopecuriodes ‘Hameln’ under snow

21st March – New leaves of the Blackberry ‘Helen’

22nd March – Acer palmatum ‘Little Princess’

 

Week 51: 23 – 29 March 2018

The-Garden-Photo-Challenge-to-prove-that-even-a-small-garden-can-be-interesting-all-year-Collage-of-photos-for-week-51

23rd March -Lonicera italica Harlequin

24th March – Dwarf Japanese Cherry

25th March – Arum italicum

26th March – Flowers on the Cherry Plum hedge

27th March – Anemone blanda

28th March – Hellebore flowers

29th March – Erica carnea ‘Bell’s Extra Special

 

Week 52: 30 March – 6 April 2018

The-Garden-Photo-Challenge-to-prove-that-even-a-small-garden-can-be-interesting-all-year-Collage-of-photos-for-week30th March – Yellow flowers of an Alpine in the Hypertufa trough

31st March – New leaves of the Acer palmatum ‘Little Princess’

1st April – Dwarf Japanese Cherry blossom

2nd April – Vinca variegata

3rd April – Grape Hyacinths

4th April – Flower buds on the Viburnum carlessii

5th April – Cardamine flowers in a shaft of sunlight

6th April – Erysimum ‘Apricot Twist’