Most wintertime gardens are sorely lacking when it comes to color, foliage and texture. Here in the southern US, where the soil does not freeze, gardeners can have pretty winter flowers and fabulous foliage all year round.
Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'
Item #: 369
Zones: 5a to 9b
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Adonis amurensis 'Fukujukai'
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Item #: 9661
Zones: 3a to 7b
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Adonis amurensis 'Hanazono'
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Item #: 5966
Zones: 3a to 7b
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Adonis amurensis 'Pleniflora'
Item #: 9720
Zones: 3a to 7b
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Asia
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml) ?
Adonis amurensis 'Sandanzaki'
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Item #: 12955
Zones: 3a to 7b
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Asia, Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Adonis 'Chichibu Beni'
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Item #: 9660
Zones: 3a to 7b
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Asia, Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Anemonella thalictroides 'Shiozaki'
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Item #: 12045
Zones: 4a to 8b
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml) ?
Asarum ichangense 'Silver Lining'
Item #: 9887
Zones: 5a to 7b, at least
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum macranthum 'Fishnet Stockings'
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Next crop available: 06/26/2017
Item #: 12077
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Taiwan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum nipponicum 'Milky Way'
Item #: 4328
Zones: 5a to 8a, at least
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum porphyronotum 'Irish Spring'
Item #: 12966
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum takaoi 'Pitter Patter'
Item #: 12584
Zones: 4b to 8b
Height: 1" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum takaoi 'Roundabout'
Item #: 9820
Zones: 4b to 8b
Height: 3" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum virginicum 'Reb's Child'
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Item #: 10469
Zones: 5a to 8b
Height: 3" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra carnosa 'Rigid Ribbons'
Item #: 2181
Zones: 9a to 11
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: North Vietnam
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra daibuensis 'Yushan Galaxy'
Item #: 2290
Zones: 7b to 10b
Height: 28" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Taiwan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra daibuensis 'Yushan Starbright'
Item #: 2254
Zones: 8a to 11
Height: 26" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Taiwan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra ebianensis 'Flowing Fountains'
Item #: 9916
Zones: 7b to 11
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra elatior 'Amanogawa'
Item #: 6587
Zones: 8b to 10b
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra elatior 'Asahi'
Item #: 2538
Zones: 7a to 10b
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra elatior 'Ippin'
Item #: 2265
Zones: 7b to 10b
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra elatior 'Lennon's Song'
Item #: 4349
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra elatior 'Okame'
Item #: 2314
Zones: 7b to 10b
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra elatior 'Stars and Stripes'
Item #: 7522
Zones: 7b to 10b
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra mushaensis 'Spotty Dotty'
Item #: 1943
Zones: 7b to 10b, guessing
Height: 26" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Taiwan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra oblanceifolia 'Nagoya Stars'
Item #: 8431
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra saxicola 'Cosmos'
Item #: 7548
Zones: 9a to 11
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Gold Lancer'
Item #: 9915
Zones: 7b to 9b
Height: 22" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Garden Gallery'
Item #: 2225
Zones: 8b to 10b, at least
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Rawhide'
Item #: 2172
Zones: 8b to 10b, at least
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Spotty'
Item #: 2196
Zones: 7b to 11
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra sutepensis 'Doi Inthanon'
Item #: 8421
Zones: 9a to 11
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Thailand
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aucuba japonica 'Arashiyama'
Item #: 2494
Zones: 7a to 9b
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aucuba japonica 'Hosoba Hoshifu'
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Item #: 9633
Zones: 7a to 9b
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aucuba japonica 'Marmorata'
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Item #: 2302
Zones: 7a to 9b
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aucuba japonica 'Mr. Goldstrike'
Item #: 5848
Zones: 7a to 9b, at least
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aucuba japonica 'Ooba Nakafu'
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Item #: 3134
Zones: 7a to 9b
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aucuba japonica 'Shilpot'
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Item #: 2882
Zones: 7a to 9b
Height: 42" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Buddleia 'Orange Sceptre'
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Item #: 8533
Zones: 8a to 10b
Height: 96" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Cardamine douglassii 'Southern Lady'
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Item #: 8601
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml) ?
Carex oshimensis 'Everlime' PPAF
Item #: 10748
Zones: 5a to 9b
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Draba athoa
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Item #: 4072
Zones: 6a to 7b, guessing
Height: 3" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Balkans, Greece
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Snow Cream'
Item #: 2246
Zones: 7b to 10b, possibly colder
Height: 96" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus 'Anna's Red' PP 24,720
Item #: 2353
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus argutifolius 'HGC Snow Fever' PP 23,880
Item #: 10478
Zones: 7a to 9b
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Corsica
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x ballardiae 'Cinnamon Snow' PP 21,003
Item #: 9268
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x ballardiae 'HGC Maestro' PP 23,859
Item #: 11948
Zones: 5a to 8b
Height: 14" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x ballardiae 'HGC Pink Frost' PP 21,063
Item #: 9267
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Height: 14" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x ballardiae 'HGC Spring Party' PP 22,021
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Item #: 9264
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x ericsmithii 'HGC Champion'
Item #: 9269
Zones: 5a to 8b
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x ericsmithii 'HGC Joker' PP 22,022
Item #: 9266
Zones: 5a to 8b
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus foetidus 'Leather and Lace'
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Item #: 10063
Zones: 6a to 9b
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Southeast Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus foetidus 'Piccadilly'
Item #: 2562
Zones: 5a to 9b
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Western Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus foetidus 'Red Silver'
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Item #: 7707
Zones: 5a to 9b
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Western Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus 'HGC Madame Lemonnier' PPAF
Item #: 11954
Zones: 4a to 8b
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x hybridus 'Amber Gem'
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Item #: 4467
Zones: 4a to 8b
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x hybridus 'Amethyst Gem'
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Item #: 9667
Zones: 4a to 8b
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x hybridus 'Berry Swirl'
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Item #: 8881
Zones: 4a to 8b
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x hybridus 'Black Diamond'
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Item #: 4471
Zones: 4a to 8b
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x hybridus 'Blushing Bridesmaid'
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Next crop available: 01/09/2017
Item #: 13122
Zones: 4a to 8b
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
More Information About Winter Flowering Plants
Got the winter blues? How about adding some winter pinks, yellows and purples to them? The best winter flowering plants including Helleborus, Cyclamen, Ranunculus and more.
Most wintertime gardens are sorely lacking when it comes to color, foliage and texture. Here in the southern US, where the soil does not freeze, gardeners can have pretty blooms and fabulous foliage all year round if they plan properly and include a variety of winter flowers in their landscape. Here at Plant Delights Nursery, we have a huge on-line catalog of perennials, which we have sorted through to create this mini-catalog of the best winter flower plants.
Some of the best winter flowering plants include the curiously shaped, brightly colored, and intricately foliaged perennials: Cyclamen and Helleborus. Although their branches may be bare, the powerfully fragrant, honeycomb-like, upside-down flowers of Edgeworthia are real standouts in the garden. Usually grown for their foliage, Sarcococca plants also have small but very fragrant flowers in the winter. You southern gardeners might not consider the normally heat-intolerant Primula for the winter garden. Our garden trials have revealed a nice selection of heat tolerant varieties of this dainty and pretty winter flower plant. There are many more interesting winter flowering plants including certain species of Arum, Asarum, Aspidistra, Cardamine, Phlox, Eranthis, Eupatorium, Ipheion, Iris, Narcissus, Nothoscordum, Oxalis, Pulmonaria, Ranunculus, Trillium and Veronica.
Why do some plants flower during the winter? -- A better question to ask is "why do plants go dormant in the winter?". Plants go dormant during the worst weather of the year in order to conserve their energy for better times. In certain parts of the world, winter is the best time of year to grow and flower because due to geography, that is when the rains fall. Plants that are native to these parts of the world are winter flowering plants because it makes sense to grow in the winter and avoid the hot arid summers of their native homes. So winter flowering plants are not confused, they are crafty. When you are ready to buy winter flower plants for your garden, check out our online list of the best winter flowering plants for sale.
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