![planted plants alongside pathway](https://images.finegardening.com/app/uploads/2022/01/27063208/4-5-700x933.jpg)
My name is Angela O’Brien-Ruff, and I live in Seattle, Zone 8b. I have contributed to GPOD a couple of times over the last few years. (Check out her previous articles here, one and two.) We have thawed out from a nearly 8-inch snowfall that came at the end of December, and as I survey some of the damage around my garden I wonder how and if some of the plants will emerge in the spring. Below are a few photos of our garden from last year. I have attempted to include botanical names where possible.
![green garden bed alongside stone pathway](https://images.finegardening.com/app/uploads/2022/01/27063200/1-4.jpg)
![This area is a work in progress of greenery](https://images.finegardening.com/app/uploads/2022/01/27063203/2-5.jpg)
![up close of the Hardy ground orchid Bletilla ‘Yokohama’](https://images.finegardening.com/app/uploads/2022/01/27063205/3-5.jpg)
![posted plants alongside a bush and stone pathway](https://images.finegardening.com/app/uploads/2022/01/27063208/4-5.jpg)
![‘Indigo King’ sweet pea](https://images.finegardening.com/app/uploads/2022/01/27063210/5-4.jpg)
![hellebore blossoms floating in a bowl](https://images.finegardening.com/app/uploads/2022/01/27063212/6-3.jpg)
![Camellia sasanqua ‘Apple Blossom’](https://images.finegardening.com/app/uploads/2022/01/27063214/7-3.jpg)
![Amazon lily towering over](https://images.finegardening.com/app/uploads/2022/01/27063216/8-4.jpeg)
![Witch hazel ‘Jelena’ blooming in recent snowfall](https://images.finegardening.com/app/uploads/2022/01/27063219/9-3.jpeg)
![ginkgo tree](https://images.finegardening.com/app/uploads/2022/01/27063221/10-1.jpg)
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Comments
Just wonderful. I thought the Amazon lily was an orchid. Absolutely gorgeous. The sweet peas made me smile. There is light at the end of this winter’s tunnel. One certainly would not see any hellebore blooms in February here in Canada. One of m favourites as well. A fine showing.
Love that mayapple!
Your garden is fabulous!
I saved 3 of your photos to inspire me to try to grow Sweet Peas, the Mayapples with the spots, and I already have a Hardy Fuchsia, but loved your photo...I looked at your old posts too.
You really have created a beautiful garden...I like your style.
I, too, looked at your old posts. All of your photos are wonderful! I felt as though I could almost smell the fragrances and touch those flowers in your beautiful gardens. I particularly like your stone path. Beautifully done.
I so envy you being able to grow camellias, and that one is just beautiful! We're just one zone too cold here. I did have one for quite a few years in the greenhouse, but it's not the same as seeing one like yours! Also, the clethra (I think?) in the first photo . . . ours look like something that one would eat!
I love your garden. I live in Newcastle, WA. I just planted a Spotty Dotty in my backyard last spring. I'm hoping that it will eventually look nice as yours and develop into a nice clump.
Beautiful - especially loved that flame colored witch hazel.
You have many beautiful plants and I have a question. I live near Salem, Oregon, also an 8B zone, and I have several Sasanqua Camellias that have been in the ground several years and they never bloom. I would like to know your secret to all those blooms. I had one plant that was still in the pot and it bloomed profusely, so am I not watering enough? Do the Sasanquas require a lot of water or fertilizer? I would greatly appreciate your input. Erla
I’ve observed that my sasanquas that get some morning sun have more blooms than those located in the shade.
So beautiful!!!
Lovely photos, thanks for sharing!
I love the laurel blossoms and the general uplift of the plant. I am not familiar with this particular laurel. Would love to have one.
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