I am new to the Pacific Northwest, and I hear that the winters here are wonderful for gardeners. I grew up in the Midwest, where everything’s brown ugly when it is not covered in snow.
What can I buy now so that I have blooming plants in my new yard this winter?
Look for herbaceous plants that bloom in winter, which may include the smaller hardy cyclamens.
I have a Cyclamen cilicium, which has fragrant, dainty pink flowers. Its leaves are also strikingly variegated. At this point, the original tuber, once quarter-sized, has expanded to the size of a salad plate and is surrounded by seedlings.