Winter Blooms

I have lived in Seattle my whole life. This is Duwamish land, on the Salish Sea. In Seattle, we have a fairly mild winter with only occasional big snows. This year I have been especially noticing the winter flowers.  All of these I have photographed on my dog walks in my neighborhood.

First, here are ones that start blooming in summer and fall
and keep going into the winter.

Then a whole bunch of things that are just eager to get started. This is the native Mahonia, also called Oregon grape.

I also noticed this non-native Mahonia that has been used for landscaping.

Two different Vibernums.
One evergreen and one deciduous.

Strawberry tree.
Related to our native Madrone and also to heathers!

Rosemary

Heather

Ice Plant

Winter Blooming Camellias

So there is a little selection of our December flowers, and don’t even get me started about all the berries and beautiful foliage and colorful bark. It’s a good thing though, because winter is gray and rainy here, you may have noticed raindrops on in some of the photos. It is the reason my house is orange and turquoise too, we need a little brightness.

There is a little woodsy park near my house and I think I will go draw all the spring native-plants this year. But I have to make it through winter first. I love all the seasons, each one inspires me in different ways.

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