
Winter

In the Bay Area we have two sides of Winter. There is the side we all expect, bare branches with little nodes of promise — pussy willows and hellebore for instance poking their heads up through the leaves toward the sun, always a Winter favorite.
The other side of Winter is a complete array of Spring blooming flowers. These flowers and bulbs were planted early, grown in greenhouses and forced into bloom to bring us cheer on the shortest of days.
Winter brings the bounty of Spring everytime I go to the flower market.

Winter Flowers
Flowers, bulbs and branches including kale, Erynguim, tulips, hyacinth, Iceland poppies, spirea, forsythia, amaryllis, quince, narcissus, many flowering branches, kumquats, lemons and limes on short branches and snowball viburnum.





