While winter is often thought of as a season of dormancy there are several ways you can continue to enjoy the beauty of your yard, even in the dead of winter. Our landscape designers created this list of characteristics and recommended plants when planting for winter interest.
When selecting plants for your garden consider the following characteristics for added winter interest:
- Choose plants & trees with interesting shape.
- These are lovely when the snow falls or a layer of frost forms and is caught upon branches.
- Seek out year-round color through foliage, berries, or evergreen shrubs and trees.
- Plant trees and shrubs with interesting texture and bark patterns.
- When branches are bare this provides an excellent pop of color and visual interest.
Table of Contents
Shapely
Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Contorted Filbert
Ornamental Grass
Topiary Tree
Juniper
I, Piotrus, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Weeping Norway Spruce
Year-Round Color
Daphne Shrubs
Dogwood
Euonymous
Hawthorne
Holly
Juniper
Pyracantha
Rhododendron
Witch Hazel
Texture & Interesting Bark
Aspen
Dogwood
Japanese Maple
Lacebark Elm
London Plane
Ninebark
Paper Maple
Paper Birch
Did you find some keepers here? Jot them down on our free printable resource to help you organize your winter planting.
