Tips for a Garden in Winter!

Plants Add Structure: In winter, the right plants can attract the eye, especially when covered with a light dusting of freshly fallen snow. Always select plants hardy enough to survive your region’s growing conditions, by paying attention to your USDA Hardiness Zone. Christianah Did a page o plants and the USDA zone can be found there!

Evergreens, such as the hedges above,  maintain their color in the cold weather, and provide structure and focal points to your winter garden, as do deciduous trees with interesting shapes.

Select Colorful Plants: Along with evergreens that stay fresh all winter, consider shrubs and trees with colorful bark such as this Red Osier Dogwood. Striking alone or planted in mass, this dogwood is native throughout the western and northern United States!

Remember Berries: Many shrubs and trees have brightly colored berries in autumn and winter, which add some excitement to your garden, and feed birds when food is scarce. Above are rose hips with red berries that are very high in vitamin C. 

Don’t Prune Everything: As you can see from this winter scene in the foothills, even dried seed heads can add some drama. Here are sunflowers silhouetted by the setting sun.

          Hardscaping Helps: Sometimes the most exciting accents in a garden aren’t even plants. Look how lovely these classic white trellises, garden gates and picket fences look in this snowy scene.

Items such as benches can also help a

winter scene , snow or ice can compliment

spruce wood as it is found in cold landscpes

such as North America or Upper Canada!

Even water adds to the winter scene!

As when the water is frozen it can create 

a dazzling affect. But remember those fences as you

don't want anyone slipping on them!

Get a Bit Artsy: Even small fencing adds a nice focal point in a winter garden. Look for garden accessories with interesting shapes, and that can handle the natural elements.

Select Early-Blooming Plants: There are also a number of perennials, shrubs and trees that bloom in late-winter and early-spring, such as hellebores (aka Lenten Rose) shown above!

Thanks , Talha