Top 12 Plants for Winter Interest

December 5th, 2017

   Now that winters aren’t always snow-covered from wire to wire like they so often used to be, I’m finding more people are interested in having their yard look good in this fourth season.

Winterberry holly

   You have a variety of tools at your disposal to add interest to the winter landscape, such as good structural hardscaping (walls, gazebos, trellises, etc.) and water features that can be left running whenever it’s not too frigid.

   But plants also play a key role in winter. Besides the obvious evergreens like spruce trees and boxwood hedges, plants give you an array of other options, from winter fruits to cold-tough perennial foliage to trees with colorful or peeling bark.

   I just finished a new George’s Handy List — one that features my top 12 landscape plants for winter interest. The list is order and includes descriptions of each favorite along with pictures of about half of them.

   Check out my Top 12 Plants for Winter Interest.