Color in the winter garden
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This is a presentation prepared for a garden club on gardening for winter interest, especially color. Included are outstanding winter blooming shrubs, including some old favorites and Pacific Northwest plants. Looking for interest in existing gardens is also encouraged.
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Color in the winter garden
- 2. COLOR IN THE WINTER GARDEN Expected & Familiar Bracket the Season Stars of Winter Bloom Small Pleasures Lesson from China Oregon Native Plants for Winter Beware Invasive Plants
- 3. EXPECTED & FAMILIAR Hardy cyclamen (Cyclamen coum), blooms winter & early spring—leaf patterns carry garden interest through other seasons
- 4. EXPECTED & FAMILIAR Early spring bulbs signal the end of winter Snowdrops (Galanthus) and crocus
- 5. EXPECTED AND FAMILIAR Hellebores (Helleborus) of many kinds bloom even earlier!
- 6. EXPECTED AND FAMILIAR Winter daphnes such as Daphne odora ‘Marginata’ http://oregonstate.edu/dept/IDplants
- 7. OTHER FAVORITES Photos: Forsythia, Camellia japonica, Erica http://oregonstate.edu/ dept/ldplants
- 8. BRACKET THE SEASON Watch winter’s approach with colorful foliage and berries Preview spring with a succession of bulbs and Ginkgo biloba & lungwort, early bloomers Pulmonaria ‘Sisinghurst White’
- 9. FALL COLOR Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia) photo: Catsura tree http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ld (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) plants/ Photo: Linda McMahan
- 10. LATE BERRIES & SEEDS India currant (Symphoricarpos arbiculatus) Seeds of a single flower Peony
- 11. STINKING IRIS Iris foetidissima, grown not for the flowers (usually pale blue) but for the persistent winter berries Orange berries of Iris foetidissima
- 12. PIERIS JAPONICA Traditional, tough, evergreen shrub, drought-tolerant, colorful new foliage and early flowers- many cultivars available
- 13. FLOWERING QUINCE Full size or dwarf Chaenomeles are early spring bloomers photo: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/
- 14. THE STARS OF WINTER BLOOM Focus on flowering shrubs Create possibility of flowers every day of the year
- 15. WHITE “FORSYTHIA” Abeliophyllum distichum, Fragrant blooms very early spring, multi- stemmed shrub to 5 ft
- 16. SWEET BOX Sarcocca confusa planted in a sheltered location, survives our Western Oregon winters and emits a strongly sweet fragrance from white http://oregonstate. flowers, followed by edu/dept/ldplants/ black berries
- 17. SASANQUA CAMILLIA Camellia sasanqua, a less-known, smaller evergreen camellia, blooms in December. Can be trained to a trellis. Cultivars with white, pink and red flowers. Open habit.
- 18. WINTER HAZEL Corylopsis spicata and C. pauciflora (inset). Elegant deciduous shrubs, 6-8 feet, fragrant blooms early spring. http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/
- 19. WITCH HAZEL Hamamelis species and cultivars, many types with different blooms and bloom times. Some also have great fall color. http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/
- 20. WINTER JASMINE Jasminum nudiflorum, as the common name suggests, is strongly fragrant. Trailing habit good for slopes, may need support http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ ldplants/
- 21. FRAGRANT WINTERSWEET Chimonanthes praecox, another fragrant addition to the winter garden http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/
- 22. ARTHUR MENZIES MAHONIA Mahonia x media ‘Arthur Menzies’ From a seedling selected at Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants /
- 23. SMALL TREASURES Look carefully at plants you already have Winter garden reveals nature’s flow
- 24. NEW CONES ON CONFERS Conifers often produce tiny male and female cones beginning in late winter—discover the cycles in your garden
- 25. LEAF SHAPES & SKELETONS Decaying magnolia leaf with vein patters Maple leaves in frost
- 26. TINY MOSSES SHINE IN DAMP COLD OREGON WINTERS
- 27. EVERGREEN LEAVES OF OREGON GRAPE BACKLIT BY THE SUN Berberis nervosa
- 28. FALLEN CONES Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
- 29. LICHENS In winter, lichens on trees swell with the additional moisture
- 30. FERN FRONDS In late winter, fern leaves (fronds) begin to unfurl creating fantastic patterns-bracken fern and sword fern shown
- 31. BARK TAKES CENTER STAGE
- 33. USE GARDEN ART AND INNOVATIVE SCULPTURE
- 34. OREGON NATIVE PLANTS FOR WINTER Red flowering currant, Ribes sanguineum, blooms Feb/Mar in shades of red, pink, and white, attract hummingbirds
- 35. COLTSFOOT Petasites frigidus at the McMinnville Public Library
- 36. SPRING QUEEN Synthyris reniformis blooms March in Western Oregon— delicate native wildflower
- 37. SNOWBERRY Symphorocarpus albus provides winter food for birds
- 38. SILK TASSEL BUSH Garrya elliptica from Oregon South Coast provides elegant drooping flowers in Jan/Feb. Large evergreen shrub
- 39. OSOBERRY Oemleria cerasiformis, the earlier native shrub to bloom in our forests
- 40. A FINAL THOUGHT! Please Avoid Invasive Species Look for alternatives in GardenSmart Oregon—free and available for download at: http://oregoninvasiveshotline.org
- 41. ENGLISH HOLLY Substitute with other Ilex such as winterberry or Meser Reserve holly Photo: Linda McMahan shown below Winterberry, Ilex verticillata Meser Reserve holly, Bottom photos: Ilex x meserveae http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/
- 42. THANK YOU! Linda R McMahan, linda.mcmahan@oregonstate.edu Photos by the author unless noted. Others used by permission of Pat Breen, Oregon State University-- published at http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants © Oregon State University 2011. You may use this publication freely for educational purposes. For other uses, please contact the author