Adding Winter Color To Your Garden
I talked the other day about creating winter interest in your garden by not cutting back all your plants at the end of the season. But what plants can add some winter color to your garden? During the winter most of your plants are brown, and lets face it, there’s not much life in your garden. It can be rather depressing to visit all the brown little plant bodies.
Here are a couple trees and shrubs that can add some winter color to your garden.
One of my favorite plants during the winter is holly. I love the cheery little red berries when there’s snow on the ground. They’re such a beautiful contrast. They’re also wonderful for decorating at Christmas if you snip a few branches and bring them indoors.
Evergreen trees like firs, pine, and spruce trees and evergreen shrubs are also great to add a little green when there is none to be found.
Juniper is another favorite, whether you plant the tree, or the ground cover it’s great to add a little color with the foliage and the tiny berries. It’s another favorite of mine to snip off and bring indoors at Christmas.
Image (c) L Gerlach