Winter for a Gardener's Heart!

Winter Garden

Winter with its cold and snow can be just as bright and cheery as a bed of summer blooming begonias. A little planning can turn the dullest days of winter into a spectacular display of color.

There are many flowering bulb plants that bloom even through the snows. Winter flowering shrubs present a stunning display against an evergreen backdrop. Instead of one single bush of color - a mass of flowering shrubs against a background of evergreen plantings flanked by tall bare spidery tree branches against a winter sky - can create a panorama of beauty equal to any other season.

Anyone who has enjoyed the spectacular blooms of the winter flowering camellia with its dark green shiny leaves can certainly imagine a mass of bright mauve crocus or Erica carnea covering the ground with rosey blooms over evergreen leaves. A dull wall covered by a trellised jasmine of bright yellow flowering clusters rewards us from autumn to spring.

The following plant list includes just a few choices that will enhance and delight a gardener even in a season usually regarded as dull. With planning, your winter blues soon change to a canvas of bright yellows, pinks, whites, reds and purples. These wonderful additions to your landscape can lighten your spirits and spring will seem closer in your gardener's heart.

Aconites-Winter white, blue, pink
Anemone (Anemone blanda) white, blue
Camellia (C. japonica) (Adolphe Audusson) (C. x williamsii) (November pink) scarlet, pink (Donation) silvery
Crocus (Crocus tomasinianus) purple
Cyclamen (N. cyclamineus) (Cyclamen coum) pink, rose, white
Daphnes (Daphne mezereum) (D. odora) 5-6' purple-red
Fukujakai (Adonia amurensis) bright yellow
Fuji cherry (P. incisa) pink-white
Garrya (Garrya elliptica) lime-green
Heathers-Winter (Erica carnea - syn. E. herbacea) (Aurea) (Vivellii) pink, rosey-purple, red, white, bronze
Hepaticas (Saxifraga burserana) mauve-blue (S.x kiwensis) (Primula x juliana) "Wanda" red-wine
Higan cherry (Prunus) (P. subhirtella 'Autumnatis') white or pink
Iris-Winter white, blue, yellow, purple-blue, orange
Jasmine-Winter (Jasminum nudiflorum) bright yellow
Lenten rose (Helleborus orientalis) red, pink, cream, white
Magnolia-Winter (Stellata) white
Pansies-Winter varied colors
Petticoat narcissi (Narcissus bulbocodium) pale yellow
Rhododendrons
a. Christmas Cheer pink, white
b. Praecox rose-red
Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) white
Viburnum (Viburnum tinus) pink-white
Witch hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia) yellow (Jelena) copper (Ruby) bright red (H. mollis) golden (Chimonanthus praecox) lime-yellow-deep purple (Pallida) pale yellow, red flushed



		Winter Garden Winter with its cold and snow can be just as bright and cheery as a bed of summer blooming begonias. A little planning can turn the dullest days of winter into a spectacular display of color. There are many flowering bulb plants that bloom even through the snows. Winter flowering shrubs present a stunning display against an evergreen backdrop. Instead of one single bush of color - a mass of flowering shrubs against a background of evergreen plantings flanked by tall bare spidery tree branches against a winter sky - can create a panorama of beauty equal to any other season. Anyone who has enjoyed the spectacular blooms of the winter flowering camellia with its dark green shiny leaves can certainly imagine a mass of bright mauve crocus or Erica carnea covering the ground with rosey blooms over evergreen leaves. A dull wall covered by a trellised jasmine of bright yellow flowering clusters rewards us from autumn to spring. The following plant list includes just a few choices that will enhance and delight a gardener even in a season usually regarded as dull. With planning, your winter blues soon change to a canvas of bright yellows, pinks, whites, reds and purples. These wonderful additions to your landscape can lighten your spirits and spring will seem closer in your gardener's heart. Aconites-Winter white, blue, pink Anemone (Anemone blanda) white, blue Camellia (C. japonica) (Adolphe Audusson) (C. x williamsii) (November pink) scarlet, pink (Donation) silvery Crocus (Crocus tomasinianus) purple Cyclamen (N. cyclamineus) (Cyclamen coum) pink, rose, white Daphnes (Daphne mezereum) (D. odora) 5-6' purple-red Fukujakai (Adonia amurensis) bright yellow Fuji cherry (P. incisa) pink-white Garrya (Garrya elliptica) lime-green Heathers-Winter (Erica carnea - syn. E. herbacea) (Aurea) (Vivellii) pink, rosey-purple, red, white, bronze Hepaticas (Saxifraga burserana) mauve-blue (S.x kiwensis) (Primula x juliana) "Wanda" red-wine Higan cherry (Prunus) (P. subhirtella 'Autumnatis') white or pink Iris-Winter white, blue, yellow, purple-blue, orange Jasmine-Winter (Jasminum nudiflorum) bright yellow Lenten rose (Helleborus orientalis) red, pink, cream, white Magnolia-Winter (Stellata) white Pansies-Winter varied colors Petticoat narcissi (Narcissus bulbocodium) pale yellow Rhododendrons a. Christmas Cheer pink, white b. Praecox rose-red Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) white Viburnum (Viburnum tinus) pink-white Witch hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia) yellow (Jelena) copper (Ruby) bright red (H. mollis) golden (Chimonanthus praecox) lime-yellow-deep purple (Pallida) pale yellow, red flushed
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