As gardeners, we all love the colors of Spring and Summer, but you might be surprised to learn it was possible to keep blooming flowers year-round.
Winter Gardens are a great way to do just that. You may not be able to grow everything in the winter, but it is possible to keep the extraordinary color and visual interest in your garden year-round.
Chrysanthemums
Mums thrive well in containers or garden beds. They require pruning and deadheading to prepare their roots for the hardiness in winter. If planted in spring, giving the roots the time to establish themselves, Mums are perennials and should bloom most of the year. The vast majority of garden mums are hardy in Zones 5 to 9.
Coral Bells
Coral bells are great in containers and provide beautiful color combinations and uniquely shaped foliage. They are shade-loving plants but can also tolerant of full sun in the cooler days of fall. Most coral bells are hardy in USDA hardiness zones 4 through 9.
Daphne
An extremely fragrant flowering shrub, many varieties of daphne are hardy in zone 4 through 9 and will bloom through the winter.
Goldenrod
Goldenrod does well in containers as well as in the ground. It produces striking bright golden blooms with lovely fernlike foliage and are hardy in growing zones 4 through 9.
Kaffir Lily
Also called red river lily, will continue to flower from fall deep into winter in warmer climates. They thrive in wet areas in zones 6 through 9.
Winter Jasmine
Hardy all the way from zone 5 through 10, winter jasmine is a vining shrub that produces bright yellow flowers in the winter.
Ornamental Grasses
Make a great statement year-round and are easy to care for. Try planting eye-catching varieties such as ‘fountain grass,’ ‘flame grass,’ ‘Japanese forest grass,’ and ‘pink muhly grass. Most are hardy in zones 5 to 9.
Russian Sage
Russian sage is a low maintenance fall plant that has spires of silvery purple. This plant should be pruned back in early spring each year because its flowers produce themselves exclusively on new growth. Russian sage is easy to grow and cold hardy to USDA zones 5 to 9.
There are so many flowering plants for the winter garden, that I could not name them all. As my garden is in zone 9, this list is based on that. However, do your research and you can find flowering shrubs, vines, and plants that will fit your gardening needs.
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