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WINTER INTEREST PLANTS
During the cold months of winter, there are plenty of plant choices a person can make to create a beautiful landscape that has appeal all year long. Whether it is ex-foliating bark, colorful berries, or just an unusual growth pattern, these plants will do wonders for your landscape even when the temperature has dropped and the snow has hit the ground. Here at Plant Detectives, we carry all these plants listed during the year and welcome you to come see what they can do for you.
Bayberry (Myrica pennsylvatica)
Semi evergreen shrub with light blue berries in the winter
Birch (Betula nigra)
Mid-size tree with ex-foliating white/tan peeling bark throughout the year
Blue Hollies (Ilex meserve)
Evergreen shrub, in a variety of sizes, with blue/green leaves and red berries during the winter months
Contorted Filbert (Corylus avellana contorta)
Small tree with a contorted branching structure and yellow to brown catkins in the winter months
Firethorn (Pyracantha)
Thorny deciduous plant, usually staked or espalier, with bright orange berries during the coldest months of the year
Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginicus)
Mid-size tree with white flowers in the early summer and peeling bark throughout the year
Japanese andromeda (Pieris japonica)
Evergreen shrub with colorful leaves and white or pink flower buds and a plethora of flowers in the early spring months
Japanese kerria (Kerria japonica)
Deciduous plant with green branches all year round and yellow flowers in the spring
Japanese maples (Acer palmatum)
There are hundreds of upright maples that have winter interest. Some of these include:
Beni kawa maple (Acer palmatum “Beni kawa”)
Green foliage in the spring and summer with bright red branches all year round
Bloodgood maple (Acre palmatum “Bloodgood”)
Interesting branching habit and sometimes reddish branches
Coral bark maple (Acer palmatum “Sangu kaku”)
Bright Green foliage in the spring and summer with bright red branches all year round
Lion’s head maple (Acer palmatum “Shishigashira”)
Green branches with a very compact growth habit and interesting branching structure
Pine bark maple (Acer palmatum “Nishiki gawa”)
Green foliage with one of the most interesting “corky and rough” barks of any maple
Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
Small ornamental tree with white flowers late in the summer and a “puzzle pattern” bark throughout the year
Paper bark maple (Acer griseum)
Reddish-brown ex-foliating bark with bright green leaves in the spring and summer
Red/yellow twig dogwood (Cornus sericea)
Green or variegated foliage in the spring and summer months with either red or yellow twigs for winter interest
Skimmia (Skimmia japonica)
Small evergreen shrub with white flowers in early spring and red berries in the winter months
Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata)
Mid-size shrub with green foliage throughout the spring and summer and red berries which engulf the plant in the late fall and last till the late winter
Vernal witchhazel (Hamamalis vernalis)
Mid-size tree with winter blooming, yellow flowers
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