Garden Palette: Winter-Garden Beauty Is There, If You Know How and Where to Look for It

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'Tis the season -- for poinsettias and paperwhites, for amaryllis and cyclamen, for holiday wreaths and decorated trees -- to brighten these dark days leading up to winter solstice on Dec. 21. It is the shortest day and longest night of the year when the sun ("sol") stands still ("stice"), having progressed as far south as it can and ready to begin its northerly path.

This is the time when halcyon days snuggle up to either side of the winter solstice, ushering in a season of tranquility and goodwill and persuading us to treasure a bit of hush amid the holiday rush

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Garden Palette: Winter-Garden Beauty Is There, If You Know How and Where to Look for It

This celebration of nature and the return of the sun to warm the earth has been a major festival in the life of humans for 20,000 or more years and, though indoor plants and holiday decorations offer enchanting flowers, fra...

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