A garden at rest can be just as beautiful as a garden in every other season. Let the stems and seed heads be a start to your canvas while a winter snow gracefully paints the masterpiece. A garden can be a bit drab and very bare without perennials, but the dainty structure of golden Bouteloua, for example, and various seed heads can bring beauty to even the grayest of winters.
Instead of cutting back your perennials, grasses, and shrubs this fall, leave them for winter interest and cut back in early spring. Not only do they bring stunning interest to your winter landscape, but they also provide food and shelter for birds and insects in the cold months. You can still clean up your plants that have poor foilage this fall but leave the seed heads.
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