Colour with conifers! Blue Conifers.
Colour with conifers! Blue Conifers.
Colour with conifers! Blue Conifers.
Too many to list, but here are a few:
Juniper varieties: ”Sky rocket”, “Blue Arrow”, ”Dream Joy”
Sawara Cypress: “Baby Blue”, “Baby Blue Ice”, “Curly Tops” (Blue)
Blue Atlas Cedar (Blue)
Deodar “Feeling Blue” (Blue-green)
Pine “Sea Urchin” (Blue-green)
Dwarf blue fir varieties (Blue)
Canadian Hemlock (Blue-green)
Norway Spruce “Pauls select” (Blue)
Arizona Cypress “Blue Ice” (Blue)
Yellow Conifers
Colour with conifers! Blue Conifers.
Colour with conifers! Blue Conifers.
Leylandi “Gold Rider”
Cryptomeria japonica “Sekkan Sugi”
Hinoki Cypress “Gold Fern“ or ” Golden Fernspray”
Hinoki “Lucas” (Tri-colour)
Golden/ variegated Threadneedle
Dwarf pine varieties with yellow winter colour.
Japanese Golden Yews.
White tipped conifers
Korean Fir “Horstman’s Silberlocke”
Korean Fir “Silver Show”
Korean Fir “ Ice breaker”
Cryptomeria “Knaptonensis”
Hemlock “Gentsch White”
Winter flowering
Grevillea Victoriae (nectar for hummers)
EVERGREEN! WINTER-FLOWERING! HARDY! AND….DEER RESISTANT!
Unusual pendant clusters of beak-like red-orange buds hang on this plant from fall through winter.
In late winter the clusters open revealing red-orange honeysuckle—like blooms.
Sporadic flowers can appear almost year around and are LOVED BY HUMMINGBIRDS.
Fast growing and remarkable drought tolerant. Grows to 10 feet tall, 5 feet wide. Full sun lover, well drained soil a necessity.
Daphne Perfume Princess (source of nectar for hummers)
This is an award winning plant and comes in pink or white.
It is the EARLIEST AND LONGEST BLOOMING daphne ever bred and flowers from mid-winter to early spring.
Perfusion of flowers, intoxicating fragrance and EVERGREEN. A great source of nectar for the hummingbirds in the winter.
Not fussy, (prefers well drained soil) deer and rabbit resistant. Grows 3-4 tall and wide.
Sarcococca ruscifolia/Sweet Box (nectar for hummers)
Sarcococca ruscifolia/Sweet Box (nectar for hummers)
An attractive, rounded shrub with deep green glossy foliage .
BLOOMS IN THE DEAD OF WINTER.
Flowers are followed by dark red berries.
INCREDIBLY FRAGRANT.
Full shade, dappled shade. Deer resistant.
Late fall and winter flowering Camelias
Sarcococca ruscifolia/Sweet Box (nectar for hummers)
One of the most versatile plants in the garden and can make a fantastic contribution to winter colour!
Prefers a location slightly sheltered from the warmest sun (afternoon shade, filtered sun)
Requires well drained soil.
A classic problem is late winter is bud drop - which occurs most frequently if the Camelia is planted under the eaves of a building/ not receiving any natural rainfall or moisture.
A delight in any garden!
Helebores (nectar for hummers)
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Weeping Pussy Willow (wildlife & hummingbirds)
Late winter/early spring interest in the garden!
Great for cut flowers.
Love moist, soggy soil.
Elegant with gracefully weeping branches.
Grafted onto a standard form.
Full sun to part shade.
Winter interest
Witch hazel (nectar for hummers)
FRAGRANT & WINTER FLOWERING! Prefers well drained soil. Full sun to part shade (protection from the hot sun is appreciated). Remove suckers to prevent spread, otherwise extremely easy to grow, fuss free! Witch Hazel is a natural TOPICAL REMEDY with lots of benefits. Rich source of nectar for the HUMMINGBIRDS. DEER RESISTANT.
”Jelena“: Deservedly one of the best Witch Hazels, vigorous, vase-shaped habit with warm, fragrant, coppery orange flowers from late winter to early spring. 8-12’ tall and wide (20 yrs).
“Diane”: Award winning, RED FLOWERING Witch Hazel.
”Arnold Promise“: Sweetly fragrant, slow growing, grows 8-12’ tall in 20 years. (Ozark Witch Hazel).
Tea Camelia (Nectar for hummers)
Famous plant for its magnificent flavour, commercially grown to make HIGH QUALITY BLACK AND GREEN TEA! Showy white flagrant flowers in fall. Grows approximately 6’ tall and 5’ wide. May grow larger if kept unharvested. Best grown in partially shaded areas.
Beautyberry (Food source for birds)
Features an abundance of magnificent violet berries from mid to late fall.
A guaranteed showstopper!
One of the best ornamental fruiting shrubs.
Does best in full sun, very adaptable to both dry and moist locations.
Grows to 8’ x 8’, takes well to pruning, and is DEER RESISTANT.
Viburnum Sweet Talker
Foliage takes on dramatic purple-burgundy tones in cool weather!
One of the first to bloom in spring, fragrant pink flowers. Grows approximately 10’ tall by 5’ wide. Full Sun to shade.
Contorted Hazelnut “Red Majestic” or “Red Dragon”. Food source for birds
An phenomenal find with twisting, contorted branch habit and rich burgundy-red foliage!
A stunning and strong accent in both summer and winter, when the branches peak visibility!
Beautiful pink catkins hang below the twisted branches from late winter to early spring before the leaves emerge.
Crinkled foliage emerges burgundy matures to a rich, dark purple in the summer before turning OUTSTANDING red in fall!
Self-pollinating edible nuts.
Grow to 12‘ x 12”, prefers full sun and well drained soil.
Red Osier Dogwood
THRIVE IN BOGGY CONDITIONS!
Often used for stream side restoration projects.
In spring it has clusters of lacelike white flowers that attracts pollinators.
In fall, flowers are replaced with white berries that are prized by birds!
6-9 feet tall, spread 8-12
Full sun to part shade.
Winter flowering
Oregon Grape (nectar for hummers, berries for birds)
Shade loving! Providing multi-season interest.
Flowers are lightly scented, attracting pollinators.
Berries are edible (great for jellies) and loved by birds.
Medicinal uses (anti-inflammatory properties).
Grows 6-8 feet tall.
Nandina Domestica Firepower
Brilliant red foliage develops in fall and persists through winter!
Grows in a neat, low, evergreen mound that requires little care and no pruning.
DEER RESISTANT.
Full sun, part shade.
Grows 2’ x 2’
Prefers well drained soil.
Skimmia (berries for birds)
Skimmia Japonica “Keesen” (female variety).
White flowers and catching red berries in fall and winter if a male is around!
Skimmia “Key White“ (female).
White fragrant flowers and white berries that are exceptional eye catching in winter!
Skimmia ”Rubella” (male).
One male can fertilize several females.
Skimmia reevesiana: dwarf variety, self fertile, red berries.
Deer resistant.
Cotoneaster varieties ( berries for birds)
Thyme leaf: a brilliant variety!
A very SHOWY DWARF variety, covered in a froth of white flowers in spring. Delicate arching branches, with SHOWY RED FRUIT IN FALL AND WINTER. Grows to 2-3 feet high and spread to 4-6 feet.
Takes well to pruning.
Extremely versatile and one of the smallest and most beautiful cotoneaster varieties by far! Extremely fine texture and keep its leafs and colour throughout the winter.
Striebs Findling: Magnificent! Grows only 8” tall!
Dammeri: Brilliant for tough areas, erosion control.
Specimens with interesting bark
Paperbark Maple, Seven-Son Tree, Birch, Japanese Stewartia, Strawberry Trees (Arbutus Unedo), Kerria Japonica (Japanese Rose), Laburnum, Japanese Maple varieties ….to only name a few!
Holly varieties (food source for birds)
Male & female varieties available for cross pollination.
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Edgeworthia Akabono /Paper Bush (nectar for hummingbirds)
SO UNUSUAL! FRAGRANT breathtaking blooms in late winter! A truly unique specimen. Grows approximately 4-6’ tall and wide, prefers afternoon shade, but can tolerate full sun when given enough water.
Pyracantha varieties (beneficial to birds)
Such showy berries, appearing in tight clusters. Berries (pome fruit) appear in fall and can last through winter. A bit wicked with long thorns along branches, but valued in situations where an impenetrable barrier is required. Grows best in full sun but still preforms in shade. Xeriscaping.
Winter Heathers (nectar for hummers)
An easy one to add to any garden!
Winter Heather varieties typically flowers over winter into spring!
Calluna vulgaris Firefly
One of the most colourful Heathers! Pretty double mauve flowers in late summer on bright chartreuse foliage! Foliage colour intensify and gradually acquires brillaint shades of oranges and reds, turning brick-red in winter. Prefers full sun.
Colour changing Pine varietyes
Charlie’s Gold is a sweetheart that gradualy turns canary yellow by winter! A real miniature pine, growing only 2 foot tall and wide! Requires full sun and well drained soil. Excellent conifer for xeriscaping.
Cryptomeria japonica Elegans
Cryptomeria japonica Elegans turns a beautiful plum colour in fall and winter and gets back to a bright green by mid/end of spring. Grows approximately 20-30’ tall, 10’ wide, can handle full sun or part shade.
Deer & drought reaistant once established.
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Arbutus Uneto Compacta/Strawberry tree (nectar and berries)
Interesting & versitile! Nectar for hummingbirds late fall and winter, and berries for birds!
Grows 6-8’ tall, likes sun to part shade and requires well drained soil. Usually ignored by deer.
Manzanita varieties (nectar for hummers)
Hardy, adaptable, deer and drought resistant! Brilliant source for pollinators, hummingbirds and birds. Flowers in winter!
japanese Flowering Apricot “Kobai” (nectar for hummingbirds)
Flowers late December - February!