Woodie’s Picks: Late Winter Blooms To Hold You Over Until Spring
Are you an eager gardener who can’t wait until spring for blooms? Well, you are not alone, and lucky for you, there are a select number of late winter blooms that can help you get through the months between now and March.
The Perks of Planting Winter Blooms
Add Life To A Dormant Landscape
There are numerous benefits to growing a winter garden. Still, one of the most significant is the added beauty and life it brings to an otherwise dormant and often desolate landscape. Winter blooms add a much-needed pop of color to the cool-season landscape. The flowers aren’t the only life you’ll be graced with when you plant in winter…your new plants will also likely attract a host of nature’s creatures to your yard. Late-season flowers offer vital nectar and pollen for honeybees and other insects that emerge in late winter.
Boost Your Mood
The best way to beat the winter blues is to fill your life with flowers! Bright colors have been statistically proven to combat seasonal affective disorder and uplift spirits during dreary months. There have also been significant studies highlighting the impact of gardening on mental resilience in times of stress. So, on top of the blooms boosting your mood, the act of planting itself is making you stronger!
Fresh Bouquets at Your Fingertips
A final benefit to growing winter bloomers, beyond the life they bring and the joy they evoke, is the opportunity for you to spread that joy to yourself and others by way of a bouquet! Some classic winter bloomers, such as Helleborus and Camellia, make stunning additions to cut flower arrangements. And the best part? You don’t even have to leave the property to get them!
Late Winter Blooms To Liven Up The Landscape
Edgeworthia Chrysantha
A storybook woodland garden wouldn’t be complete without this whimsical winter-blooming bush. Also known as the ‘Paper Bush,’ Edgeworthia Chrysantha is a truly one-of-a-kind specimen. When little else is in bloom in the cold months of winter, Edgeworthia shines like a diamond in the rough. Featuring fragrant dangling bells of white and golden blooms, all contrasting aesthetically with the plant’s smooth brown bark, the paper bush is a welcome delight in any winter garden. In addition to its beauty, Edgeworthia Chrysantha is low-maintenance, relatively pest-free, and adds beauty throughout multiple seasons of the year. This winter interest shrub thrives in USDA zones 7-9, prefers dappled to partial shade, and needs moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil.
Anna’s Red Helleborus
We’d be remiss to do a winter garden blog and not include the elegant delight that is Helleborus! Also known as ‘Lenten Rose,’ the Helleborus is a highly acclaimed winter perennial that exudes elegance, class, and luxurious beauty. One of our favorite varieties is Anna’s Red Helleborus, which emerges with rich burgundy blooms and honey-golden centers, often in December and January. In addition to the already striking foliage, you will also find the plant’s leathery, dark green leaves with intricate white veining, which is mesmerizing. Additional reasons to love Anna’s Red Helleborus include strong deer and rabbit resistance, impressive drought tolerance, and the ability to grow amidst conditions of cold and frost. These regal bloomers thrive in partial to full shade and are best suited for USDA grow zones 5-8.
Mahogany Snow Helleborus
Since it is such an icon in the winter garden, we couldn’t choose just one hellebore. Mahogany Snow Helleborus is a garden standout that sports color-changing blooms that transition from white to subtle hues of mahogany-pink. For understated elegance and a breath of magic, Mahogany Snow Helleborus is an easy yes to any garden questions. This tough perennial thrives in shade, resists deer and rabbits, and tolerates drought conditions once established. What more could you ask for in a winter flower?
Pink Cyclamen
Last on our list of winter blooms to get you through the winter blues until spring is an indoor bloomer that we can’t get enough of! The pink cyclamen brings an electric pop of color to any indoor space, providing immense beauty and joy to its surroundings. Their charming, marbled, heart-shaped leaves accent the delicate pink blooms for a display that you can’t ignore. Grow your cyclamen in pots near cool windowsills, or plant them in masses outdoors, provided you are located in mild zones 7-10.
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