You all have seen how I’ve been blogging about some of these great ways to add interest to the winter garden. I’ve taken all the tips and tricks and compiled them into one, easy-to-read book – Using Plants for Winter Interest: Creating a Year Round Garden. 33 pages long, this book details the six…
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Using Bark Texture for Winter Interest
When the foliage falls in autumn, some shrubs and trees reveal what might be their most ornamental and beautiful element; their bark. So easily overlooked when first selecting a tree or shrub for your garden design, this is an important aspect to consider when looking at a year-round garden. After all, with fewer flowers to…
Plant Silhouettes Create Winter Interest
In the winter, more than any other season, the basic structure and outline of our garden takes on a greater importance. The rest of the year poor silhouettes can be hidden with masses of color and blooms, but in winter, with so little activity in the garden they become more noticeable. Pleasing or interesting silhouetted…
Winter Gardening with Colorful Berries
Learn how to use plants with winter fruits or berries to add color and delight to your garden. There are so many delightful trees, shrubs and others to choose from! Winter berries are a familiar way to add color and interest to a landscape. Just picture one of the classic winter icons, the holly (Ilex…
Plants With Attractive Winter Seeds
The Japanese Anemone is a late-summer blooming perennial. In the winter, however, the seed heads unfold into white cotton ball-like puffs. This herbaceous plant grows 2’ tall but the flower stalks come another 2’ above the bulk of the plant creating a unique look. Some varieties self-sow freely so be prepared for the possibility of…
Seeds and Seedheads in the Winter Garden
Just because a flower doesn’t bloom in winter doesn’t mean it can’t still provide interest to the garden. These plants all have seeds or seedpods that catch the eye in the garden, or catch the snow and make beautiful sculptures in the landscape. A tree you can utilize in the garden to provide winter interest…
Winter Flowering Bulbs and Climbing Plants
Previously we looked at three types of plants that provide flowers during the winter months. Today let’s look at two more winter blooming plants. There is a bulb that is so well known for blooming in late winter that its common name is glory-of-the-snow (Chionodoxa lucillae). The bright, starlike flower naturalizes readily in the lawn…
Plants that Bloom in Winter
By carefully selecting a few of the plant varieties we’ll discuss in this article, you will be able to enjoy beautiful blossoms with even with snow on the ground. Some of the most useful winter-flowering shrubs in the average landscape are the witch hazels (Hamamelis spp.). These shrubs usually grow around 12 to 20’ tall…
Creating Winter Interest in the Garden Landscape
Is your winter garden dull and dreary? Or full of beauty and interest no matter what time of the year? Want to learn to increase the winter beauty in your landscape? Beauty in the winter landscape can be found in: Winter Blooms – Yes, flowers in the winter are possible. Seeds and Seedpods – Beautiful…
