Winter Blooming Plants
In addition to bright blooms in winter or early spring, many evergreen shrubs have foliage that remains green and lovely year-round. So what plants bloom in winter? Here are some good choices for blooming winter plants to add in the landscape. Christmas rose (Helleborus) – Also known as winter rose, this low growing hellebore plant produces white, pink-tinted blooms from late December through early spring (USDA zones 4-8). Fairy primrose (Primula malacoides) – This primrose plant offers low growing clusters of flowers in shades of purple, white, pink, and red (USDA zones 8-10). Mahonia (Mahonia japonica) – Also known as Oregon grape, mahonia is an attractive shrub that produces clusters of sweet smelling yellow blooms followed by clusters of blue to black berries (USDA zones 5-8). Winter jasmine (Jasminium nudiflorum) – Winter jasmine is a vining shrub with clusters of waxy, bright yellow flowers in late winter and early spring (USDA zones 6-10). Jelena witch hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’) – This shrubby witch hazel plant has clusters of fragrant, copper-orange blooms in winter (USDA zones 5-8). Daphne (Daphne odora) – Also known as winter daphne, this plant produces sweet smelling, pale pink flowers that appear in late winter and early spring (USDA zones 7-9). Flowering quince (Chaenomeles) – Planting flowering quince provides pink, red, white, or salmon blooms in late winter and early spring (USDA zones 4-10). Hellebore (Helleborus) – Hellebore, or Lenten rose, offers cup-shaped blooms in shades of green, white, pink, purple, and red during winter and spring (USDA zones 4-9). Luculia (Luculia gratissima) – a fall and winter-blooming evergreen shrub, Luculia produces masses of large pink flowers (USDA zones 8-10). Winterglow bergenia (Bergenia cordifolia ‘Winterglow’) – An evergreen shrub with clusters of magenta blooms in late winter and early spring, Bergenia plants are easy to grow (USDA zones 3-9). Lily of the Valley shrub (Pieris japonica) – This compact evergreen shrub, also known as Japanese andromeda, produces drooping clusters of sweet smelling pink or white blooms in late winter or early spring (USDA zones 4-8). Snowdrops (Galanthus) – This hardy little bulb produces tiny, drooping white flowers in late winter, often rising above a blanket of snow, hence its snowdrops name (USDA zones 3-8).
