The moment we wait for every winter is the sunny morning after an overnight fall of fat, airy snowflakes. Here the snow is stacked up on bunches of still-fresh berries of Cotoneaster bullatus.
Photinia davidiana is the other great berry producer of the winter, outshining holly. Not only does it feature iced berries, but its leaves form stiff, close finger, able to pack their own little snowballs:
Hats of snow on dried flowers of Sedum telephium 'Matrona' suggest flying saucers.
Our photographic artist took a step back from the Cotoneaster to capture this wonderfully framed vision of the shaded ground reflecting the blue of the sky. The garden takes on an other-worldly look:
After the snow melted off the Cotoneaster (top right), our visiting flock of fieldfares (Turdus pilaris, German: Wacholderdrossel) descended on the shrub to feast on the berries.
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