Winter
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January is the most underrated month for gardeners willing to look closely. In zones 7 and warmer, witch hazels thread spidery flowers through bare branches while the rest of the garden sleeps. Snowdrops push through frozen ground before anything else dares to move. Hellebores that carried their buds through December finally begin to open, nodding their petals toward the cold soil. In the coldest zones, this month belongs to seed catalogs and the quiet work of planning.
