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Posted by isabella__ma z5_MA (My Page) on Fri, Nov 28, 08 at 9:19
| The winter garden is a necessity in here in the North. My quest has been to find a series of plants that will provide throughout the winter.
Several types of heath are advertised as winter blooming up, but most that bloom is not in my regions zone 6 to 5 or occurs in late winter, when bulbs are starting to come up anyway. I have had good success with hammamelis virginia (october to late november) and with hammamelis sunburst in middle february. The only december and january blooms that I have are from the dried flowers of hydranges. PGs, tavida, and annabelles flowers survive the best, and they are fun to crumple up in the spring.
Evergreen colors from blue spruce, pines, and cypress cultivars help to liven up the greys and browns of winter.
Red-twig and yellow twig dogwoods are another great source of color, especially if backdropped by an evergreen screen. |
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RE: Favorite winter plants
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When I retired I gave real thought to every season and, although I live in a warmer zone, I thought you could look up the hardiness of plants that come to mind, some of which I have here.
Witchhazels, Hamamelis hybrids, yellow and red twigged dogwoods,Cornus sericea and Cornus alba varieties, Holly, both Ilex opaca, red or yellow berried, and Ilex verticillata. Callicarpa. Crabapples and hawthorne, which I do not grow. Some roses with scarlet hips. Acer palmatum 'Sango Kaku'. White, yellow and deep red brown barked birches.The brilliantly barked Salix brixensis. Gaultheria procumbens. Cornus canadensis. Vaccinium angustifolia 'Ruby Carpet'. I suspect some of these are not for your zone, but one or two will not grow well for me in my warmer area. |
RE: Favorite winter plants
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| For winter interest, I find the paperbark maple ( Acer griseum) hard to beat. Another good plant here is the evergreen perennial Bergenia cordifolia ... the large leathery leaves persist and have a bronze coloring during the winter. |
RE: Favorite winter plants
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- Posted by bboy z8 WA USA (My Page) on
Tue, Feb 10, 09 at 23:02
| Your cold climate will definitely have a limiting effect. Color from conifers and twig dogwoods, willows etc. may in fact have to be the core of it. |
RE: Favorite winter plants
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| Hello, I have found from google top ten winter plants for your reference and I have attached the link below. |
Here is a link that might be useful: winter plants
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