PLANTS FOR WINTER INTEREST

TREES
Acer buergerianum
Acer griseum
Acer Snakebark group (section
Macrantha)
Calocedrus decurens
Carpinus spp.
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Chamaecyparis pisifera
Cornus controversa
Corylus colurna
Crytomeria japonica
Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Kiowa'
Parrotia persica
Pinus bungeana
Pinus densiflora
Pinus koreana
Pinus sylvestris
Prunus mume
Sciadopitys verticillata
Stewartia spp.
Thuja plicata
Thuja standishii

Lovely small tree, nice shaggy bark, excellent fall color

Lovely small tree, nice peeling bark, excellent fall color, best if backlit
Nice small trees with ornamental bark. A. pensylvanicum, A. rufinerve, A. tegmentosum, A. davidii, A.
capillipes
Good solid underused conifer from PNW. Grow as specimen or in groves
All species make nice medium sized trees. C. betulus, C. caroliniana, etc.
Hinoki. Conifer with a million cultivated varieties. I like the straight species which forms large forests in
Japan
Sawara. Another conifer with a million cultivars, but the straight species is the one for winter interest
Small tree. One of two dogwoods with alternate branching structure. Great framework and slight
striation to bark make this tree nice in the winter garden. Not to mention its flowering.
Medium tree with great bark character and early catkins and interesting fruit
Common conifer with shaggy bark. Plant in groves for maximum bark effect. Not the tidiest tree.
I love this tree! Fantastic bark and wonderful habit make this one of my favorite trees. This is the
species that the National Arboretum used to make other crepemyrtles mildew resistant.
Another great tree. Great bark effect, good multistemmed habit, interesting and early flower.
Hamamelidaceae
Great pine for winter interest. Ghostly peeling bark. Keep multistemmed
Japanese pine similar to Scotch pine in bark effect
Pine with great character. Some are bluer than others.
Scotch pine. Good in the winter garden because of its orangish bark.
Early and fragrant cherry, flowering on bare branches.
Umbrella pine, koya maki. Slow growing and expensive but so nice. Great bark on old trees.
All species are nice for bark and flower in varying degrees. S. monadelpha-smooth bark, S.
pseudocamellia-patchy bark, S. koreana-choice for flowering, S. sinensis
Stringy, ridged and furrowed bark. PNW native used extensively by first peoples
Nezuko. Nice conifer with beautiful reddish barkBloom River Gardens, Walterville, Oregon.

SHRUBS
Aucuba japonica f. longifolia
Camellia 'Lu Shan Snow'
Clethra barbinervis
Cornus alba 'Aurea'
Cornus alba 'Baileyi'
Cornus mas
Cornus officinalis
Cornus sericea 'Silver and Gold'
Cornus sericea 'Winter Beauty'

Less cultivated form of the gold dust plant. Fruit on female plants and nice texture. Heronswood
Hardy and beautiful camellia with great smooth bark on older shrubs.
Japanese clethra with great exfoliating bark
Red-twig dogwood with gold leaves

Corylopsis spp.
Cotoneaster apiculatus
Cotoneaster frigidus
Cotoneaster lacteus
Fargesia robusta

All make great shrubs with early blooms, good branching and pretty leaves. Hamamelidaceae.
Prostrate, fall color, red fruit
Persistant winter fruits, tree-like, somewhat tender
Larger and wider leaves, good in flower, great in fruit
New clump-forming bamboo that holds leaves well in winter. Nice

Fothergilla gardenii
Fothergilla major
Fothergilla 'Mt. Airy'

Small fothergilla (of gardens). Early fragrant bottle brush blooms, fall color, Hamamelidaceae.
Large fothergilla. Early fragrant blooms, fall color, Hamamelidaceae.
Superior selection for blooms, foliage, and fall color

Hamamelis
Hamamelis 'Orange Beauty'
Ilex verticillata cvs.
Lonicera fragrantissima
Lonicera x purpusii
Phyllostachys nigra
Rhododendron mucronulatum
Rhododendron schlippenbachii
Rubus cockburniensis
Salix daphnioides
Salix irrorata
Salix gracilistyla 'Melanostachys'
Sarcococca confusa
Syringa pekinensis

All witchhazels make great shrubs. Good fall color, fall bloom for H. virginiana, late winter for others.
Nice selection. Reliably early
Great native. Named selections have superior fruiting and known sizes. Dioecious.
Early and super-fragrant bloom.
Cross between two Chinese honeysuckles L. fragrantissima and L. standishii
The black bamboo
Early rhody. Pinky purple
Early rhody. Pale pink. Really nice early shrub
Flowering raspberry grown for white winter canes. Stunning.
Purplish stems with white bloom and early catkins with yellow anthers. Wants to get big
Purplish stems with white bloom and early catkins with red anthers
Willow with black catkins and red anthers
Fragrant flowers in late winter. Also S. hookeriana.
Lilac with cherry-like bark. Fragrant white flowers in spring

Cornelian cherry. Early flower, nice bark

Japanese cornelian cherry. Better bark, but later flower than C. mas.
Mt. Cuba introduction. Variegated leaves and yellow twigs in winter.
Another red-twig dogwood with orange-yellow stems tipped red

HERBACEOUS
Acorus 'Ogon'
Adonis amurense
Astilbe
Carex 'Ice Dance'
Crocus sativa
Crocus speciosus
Crocus zonatus
Cyclamen spp.
Dipsacus sylvestris
Disporopsis pernyi
Epimedium spp.
Eranthis hyemalis
Helleborus foetidus
Helleborus x hybridus
Narcissus bulbocodium
Narcissus cyclamineus
Narcissus 'February Gold'
Pachysandra procumbens
Phyllitis scolopendrum
Senecio aureus
Sporobulus heterolepis
Waldsteinea ternata

For moist sun to dry shade. Tough plant. Chartruese color is fantastic for shade.
Early
Leave uncut for winter interest
Great evergreen sedge. Slightly spreading and handsome.
Saffron crocus. Fall blooming and choice. Plant lots in sun.
Fall crocus. Blue.
All hardy cyclamen are good. C. coum--flowers w/ leaves in late winter, C. hederafolium--late fall before
leaves, C. purpurescens--semi-evergreen and summer blooms
Teasel. Leave uncut for winter interest.
Evergreen solomon's seal
Very choice ground covers. All are good. Varying degrees of semi-evergreenness. Cut back before
bloom
Great early bulb. Cheerful and self seeding.
Nice unusual hellebore. Great texture.
One of the best perennials, period.
Early and pretty species Narcissus. Choice.
Early and pretty species Narcissus.
Early and pretty cv. Reliable.
Native pachysandra. Semi-evergreen, winter motleying, great fragrance.
Good tough fern for winter. Great texture.
Tough ground cover. Will overwhelm small stuff. Great cover for bulbs.
Great native grass. See the planting near Chanticleer's ruin
Great native ground cover. Tough with cheerfull yellow blooms later.