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H pine boughs are not avuil-
able. check your local nursery for
some winter Nowering heather and
plant a few pots in the basket or «
window box.

When spring comes you can
move the heather to a sunny loca-

66 Kale will also
look great at night
when illuminated
with outdoor
lighting. 99

tion in the garden and enjoy them
in the future,

Winter flowering cabbage or-
kale can be a great accent ‘plant
for containers in an entrance way
or sheltered location.

During a mild winter they will

“survive until spring but they look
best after they have been exposed
.to a sharp frost. Kale will also
look great at night when illumi-
nated with outdoor lighting.

For gardeners that do not have
baskets or containers to replant for
winter color, try a large dish gar-
den.

Using a 30 to 45 cm (12 to 18

‘in, drain pan from under a flower °

pot, arrange three or more plants
such as Wintergreen (Gaultheria
proctuunbens) or heather.
~ You could set the dish garden
_up on a box or pedestal and add
some small leafed ivy (Hedera
helix or Gold Heart) or Dead
Nettle (Lamium maculatum),
. Anice combination would be a
taller silver-blue grass (Festuca

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Leave the plants in their 10 cm
(4 in.) pots and surround them
with moss to give them a natural
forest laak,

All the dish plants can be
moved to your garden in the
spring when i's Gime to replace
them with miniature butbs or
primula.

With a new combination each
year you will always have color
and variety throughout the winter,

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