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Any garden can look great in spring or summer, but it takes real preparation and research to have a garden that looks great in fall and winter. It also takes discipline: garden centers are always stocked with shrubs for cut branches that look fabulous at that moment, making those that don’t come into their own much later in the season easily pass by.
However, it pays off to always add a few shrubs to your landscape that will look wonderful when the rest of the garden is fading. And it pays off dividends to pick plants that make great cut branches in fall and winter, giving you the chance to create your own unique arrangements and décor during the holidays and beyond.
Here are shrubs – for fall or winter – that look great in the garden, in the vase, and more. While they may not be at their most exciting in spring, when the temperature drops and things start to get gloomy, you’ll be mighty glad you added them to your planting list among the best shrubs for fall and winter.
Putting the flowers in flowering shrubs has always been our mission – and these plants epitomize that. These reblooming shrubs bloom once along with conventional varieties, then they go on to bloom again, or to keep blooming, through the season. If you are looking to add flowers, and plenty of them, to your landscape, especially shrubs that bloom all summer, take your pick of these ten favorites. All have been trialed and proven to be outstanding in the field, and in your garden, making them some of the best long blooming flowering shrubs available today.
Getting a good looking, colorful winterberry holly is as simple as having the right male....
Chartreuse has a unique way of brightening up the landscape anywhere you plant it, in sun or shade. Here are ten of our very best chartreuse annuals, perennials and shrubs to make your garden glow.
Some colors can be found in abundance in the landscape, but blue often isn’t one of them. Yet gardeners tell us it is one of their most favorite colors, so we’re always seeking out reliable perennials that are worthy of the Proven Winners name. Here are ten best blue perennials we think are definitely worth finding a place for in your landscape, including blue flowering plants and exceptional blue perennial flowers.
Tired of growing the same few plants every year in your shade garden? Here are shade-loving plants to help you brighten up your space with showy flowers and fantastic foliage.
While northerners are filling their fall containers with traditional mums and gourds, gardeners in warm climate gardens are gearing up to begin a whole new gardening season that lasts from fall through winter. Let’s take a look at four non-traditional fall container ideas for southern gardens that reflect the warm mood and rich textures of the season.
Hydrangeas are extremely popular and the cool season of fall is the best time to plant them! Here are 5 easy-to-grow, easy-to-love hydrangeas that you can plant with confidence.
Purple is the new neutral in the gardening world. It goes with just about any other color you pair it with, from contrasting oranges to complementary pinks and greens. The descriptors “blue” and “purple” are used loosely when it comes to purple flowering plants; they describe a whole range of these cool tones. Check out this list of thirteen purple landscape plants you’ll love in your garden.
While lots of people are talking about it these days, gardening for pollinators – insects, birds, and even bats that feed on the nectar, pollen, and leaves for plants - isn’t just a trend, especially when incorporating shrubs for pollinators into your landscape. It’s central to plants’ roles in our ecosystem. If you don’t get the appeal of attracting pollinators to your landscape, planting one of these ten shrubs for pollinators will make you a convert. Each one is beautiful, easy to grow, and ranks among the best shrubs for pollinators, while the pollinators they bring in will add another layer of excitement to the floral display.
Or better yet, try more than one, layering in pollinator friendly shrubs for all seasons, to invite nature’s visitors to your home for months each year.
