OK, we’re not Vermont, but if you squint your eyes on a gloomy day in Western Washington, you can find color out there besides green. Anyway, with some artistic contributions to the garden, you can certainly make the best of it.

Witch hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’)

Cherry leaves

Eastern cherry trees in the garden

Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)

  

 

Himalayan blackberry (Rubus discolor) 

Red dahlias

 

Pyracantha koidzumii ‘Victory’

Japanese blood grass (Imperata cylindrica ‘Red Baron)

Big leaf maple (Acer macrophylla)

Campanula and Japanese maple leaves