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We are so fortunate to be able to garden year-round.\’a0 I’m not just talking about being able to go outside and see green; I’m talking, flowers, fragrance, colors, and textures. \
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A great place to see what does well in the winter of zone 7 gardens and beyond is at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC. \
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Each year, the JCRA holds a Winter Garden Lecture and Tour.\’a0 Here is that info below; hope to see you there! \
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JC Raulston Arboretum
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Winter Garden Lecture and Tour\
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A Walk in the Winter Garden, February 15, 2009 (Sunday)
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Friends of the Arboretum Lecture \’96 1:00 PM
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\’93Beyond Dwarf Alberta: Conifers for Every Garden\’94
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Mark Weathington, Assistant Director and Curator of Collections
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Tours \’96 2:00 PM, 2:30 PM, and 3:00 PM
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Free
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For more information contact Chris Glenn (919) 513-7005
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Helen’s Haven
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Scroll down a little further and find a list of winter interest plantings found in Helen’s Haven.\’a0 I have a 4-season garden.\’a0 Much of what I learned about gardening in the winter came from my experiences with the JCRA.\’a0 As I journeyed through this garden, I took notes.\’a0 Now, years later, I have a winning winter garden, if I do say so myself.\
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Helen’s Haven Winter Interest Plants
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Fragrance, Flowers and Color
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\’b7 Paper bush, Edgeworthia \’91Gold Rush\’92
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\’b7 Daphne, Daphne odora \’91Variegata\’92
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\’b7 Japanese flowering apricot, Prunus mume
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\’b7 Hardy Cyclamens, Cyclamen hederifolium and Cyclamen coum
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\’b7 Early Snowdrops Galanthus woronowii
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\’b7 Camellia Sasanqua flowering first then giving over to Camellia Japonica
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\’b7 Forsythia first part of March\
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\’b7 Crocus – the Tommies comming up in the lawn\
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\’b7 Winter aconite, Eranthis hyemalis
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\’b7 Contorted Crab Apple, Malus \’91Red Jade\’92
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\’b7 Yellow white pine, Pinus strobes \’91Hillside Winter Gold\’92
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\’b7 Red twig dogwood
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Yellow twig dogwood\
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\’b7 Nandinas(domestica and threadleaf)
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\’b7 Hellebores (niger and orientalis).
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\’b7 Weeping Willow with red stems, Scarlet Curls Salix matsudana \’91Scarlet Curls\’92
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\’b7 Giant Yellow Jonquils for naturalizing (Daffodils) March 1st and even earlier in some years. February\’92s Gold
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\’b7 Coral Bark Maple, Acer palmatum \’91Sango Kaku\’92
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\’b7 Winterberry holly, Ilex verticillata \’91Winter Red\’94
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Weeping Yupon Holly\
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\’b7 Flowering Quince, Chaenomeles speciosa
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\’b7 Loropetalum Chinense \’91Pink Form\’92
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\’b7 Blue Atlas Cedar, Cedrus atlantica \’91Pendula\’92
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\’b7 Abelia grandiflora \’91Little Richard\’92 with nice red stems
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\’b7 Variegated Juniper, Juniperus squamata expansa \’91Parsonii Variegata\’92
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\’b7 Ajuga \’91Burgundy Glow\’92
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\’b7 For color anytime GARDEN ACCENTS: Joel Haas Butterfly, gazing balls, Amelia Lane and Beth Jimenez\’92s red Hosta Leaf, bunnies, cats, hummingbirds, and Phil Hathcock\’92s Natural stone sculptures and much more.
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Interesting Textures and Form
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\’b7 Fig \’91Brown Turkey\’92
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\’b7 Harry Lauder Walking stick
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\’b7 herbs, esp. the Rosemary (upright and weeping),
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\’b7 Santolina
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\’b7 Thymes
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\’b7 Parsley
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\’b7 Mahonia
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\’b7 Southern Magnolia. Don\’92t underestimate the charms of the Magnolia grandiflora. It shines in every season, but I really value it in the winter landscape.
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\’b7 Cast-iron Plant, Aspidistra elatior \’96 Nice for the evergreen color.
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\’b7 Clematis Armandii – I like the leaf in any season with sensational fragrant flowers in the spring, but love the green leaves in the winter.
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\’b7 Pieris japonica
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\’b7 Chinese Windmill Palm, Trachycarpus fortunei. Wonderful to see covered in snow!
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\’b7 Dwarf Mondo grass, Ophiopogon japonicus planted between my pavers
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\’b7 Sky Pencil Holly, Ilex crenata
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\’b7 Gardenia \’96 great evergreen shrub – not used nearly enough. I think it is taken for granted and needs to be seen with new eyes.
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\’b7 Oak (Georgia I think) it has a classic Oak leaf shape and keeps it leaves through the winter making a wonderful noise in the breeze.
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\’b7 Bark of the Crape Myrtle, Lagerstroemia \’91Natchez\’92
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\’b7 Espalier Fuji apple against the house
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\’b7 Climbing Hydrangea, Hydrangea anomala petiolaris against the house
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\’b7 Ferns – Autumn, Dryopteris erythrosora; Holly, Polystichum falcatum; Christmas, Polystichum acrostichoides
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\’b7 Fatsia japonica tropical looking evergreen shrub in a shady protected area
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\’b7 Big leaf magnolia, Magnolia macrophylla \’96 nice to see the interesting trunk in the winter
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\’b7 Weeping Winged Elm, Ulmus atala with \’91wings\’92 on the branches very interesting bark texture for the winter garden
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\’b7 Smilax is evergreen and has berries for the birds
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\’b7 Japanese umbrella pine, Sciadopitys verticillata
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\’b7 Oakleaf Hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia
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\’b7 Various Sedums
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\’b7 Japanese maples, Acer palmatum \’91Bloodgood\’92
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\’b7 Hindu-Pan Scotch Pine and Hillside Creeper Scotch Pine (Pinus sylevstris)
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\’b7 Black Dragon Cryptomeria, Cryptomeria japonica \’91Black Dragon\’92
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\’b7 Weeping Cypress, Taxodium distichum \’91Cascade Falls\’92
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\’b7 Weeping Cherry, Prunus x \’91Snow \’91Pendula\’92
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\’b7 Hinoki Cypress, Chamaecyparis obtuse
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\’b7 Grasses \’96 I have a very nice dwarf Pampas grass I got from the JCRA Gala held the first Sunday of May and Muhly Grass, Muhlenbergia caillaris \’91Regal Mist\’92
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\’b7 Chocolate vine, Akebia I have mine growing in the shade, so it is very tame.
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\’b7 Arum
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\’b7 Aucuba japonica nice red berries and variegated leaves
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\’b7 Barberry \’91Pigmy\’92
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\’b7 Periwinkle, \’92Vinca minor\’92
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\’b7 Jasmine, confederate, star; Carolina Jessamine
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\’b7 Johnny-jump-ups
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\’b7 Tea Olive, Osmanthus fragrans
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\’b7 Evergreen Hosta or Sacred Lily, Rhodea japonica
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\’b7 Creeping raspberry, Rubus pedalobus
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\’b7 Yew
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