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Favorite winter plants

isabella__MA
15 years ago

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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