Winter Gardens

On dreary late winter days we can bolster our spirits with winter garden delights. Winter blooming jasmine, witch hazel, camelia, and helleborus provide lovely flowers and some sweet scents toward the end of winter. Jasmine has a pale yellow or sometimes white flower that looks similar to forsythia. It's scent is heavenly. You can plant it in a sunny location in the mid-section of your garden amongst other shrubs and perennials which will provide interest the rest of the year.

Boston Public Garden

Witch hazel has a large spredding habit with small clusters of flowers ranging from pale yellow to bright orange tinted with maroon centers. This lovely small tree is best situated with lots of space all around her, perhaps with small blubs or ground cover underneath for interest.

Camelias are a very large family of early-mid-late winter blooming shrubs. There are many colors - white, pink, deep pink - and many types - doubles and ruffled of flowers. Be sure to learn about the growing habit and maximum mature height and width and plan accordingly when planting - you don't want a beautiful, 20 year old camelia crushed up against some other tree or plant.

The winter blooming helleborus, sometimes called the Christmans or Lenten rose is a small perennial with lovely pale down-ward facing flowers. At Winterthur garden in Pennsylvania there is a beautiful walk lined with dozens of these beautiful little winter princesses.

Plant these beauties in early Spring or late Fall in locations that you can either see from inside your home, or farther out on your property where their beauty will lure you out and remind you of the coming Spring.

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