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.
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Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'
Item #: 369
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
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
Item #: 14388
Zones: 3a to 7b
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 8" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Anemone keiskeiana
Next crop available: 02/25/2022
Item #: 9646
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Summer
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml) ?
Arum pictum
Item #: 5573
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Summer
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Mediterranean Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum fauriei var. takaoi 'Ginba'
Item #: 5622
Zones: 4b to 8a
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 2" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum fauriei var. takaoi 'Roundabout'
Item #: 9820
Zones: 4b to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 3" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum porphyronotum var. atrovirens 'Internet'
Item #: 13340
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum 'Setsu Getsu Ka'
Item #: 7614
Zones: 5b to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 3" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum 'Tama Rasya'
Next crop available: 01/21/2022
Item #: 7915
Zones: 5b to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 3" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra attenuata 'Alishan Green Giant'
Item #: 1977
Zones: 7b to 11
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 36" 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
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra elatior 'Akebono'
Item #: 1813
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra elatior 'Asahi'
Item #: 2538
Zones: 7a to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra elatior 'Fuji-No-Mine'
Item #: 7064
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 36" 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
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra elatior 'Okame'
Next crop available: 01/14/2022
Item #: 2314
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
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
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra minutiflora 'Spangled Ribbons'
Item #: 8429
Zones: 8a to 10b, guessing
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 32" 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
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 26" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Taiwan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Gold Lancer'
Item #: 9915
Zones: 7b to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 22" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Golden Freckles'
Item #: 9333
Zones: 7b to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 22" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Spek-tacular'
Item #: 8593
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 32" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Thin Slice'
Item #: 1925
Zones: 7b to 11
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Yellow Hammer'
Item #: 1936
Zones: 7b to 10b, guessing
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra tonkinensis 'Hanoi Honey'
Item #: 13761
Zones: 9a to 10b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra yingjiangensis 'Singapore Sling'
Item #: 7061
Zones: 9a to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Thailand
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aspidistra zongbayi 'Yunnan Sunbeam'
Next crop available: 12/17/2021
Item #: 3472
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aucuba japonica 'Daisuke's Tiger'
Item #: 13172
Zones: 7a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 42" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aucuba japonica 'Ooba Nakafu'
Item #: 3134
Zones: 7a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Buddleia 'Orange Sceptre'
Item #: 8533
Zones: 8a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 96" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Cardamine bulbosa 'Snow Showers'
Item #: 13874
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml) ?
Cardamine douglassii 'Southern Lady'
Item #: 8601
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml) ?
Cardamine quinquefolia
Item #: 10148
Zones: 6a to 8b, guessing
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Asia Minor, Bulgaria, Caucasus Mountains, Iran, Southern Europe, Turkey
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Cyclamen coum 'Maurice Dryden'
Item #: 3319
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 2" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Europe
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml) ?
Cyclamen persicum 'Turkish Delights'
Item #: 13595
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Summer
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Turkey
Pot Size: 2.5" pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml) ?
Cymbidium goeringii 'Early Riser'
Item #: 15379
Zones: 7a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 8" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan, Korea
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Dentaria diphylla 'Bama Jama'
Item #: 9461
Zones: 4a to 8b, guessing
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Dentaria heterophylla 'White Sprite'
Item #: 11406
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Dentaria laciniata 'Priceless'
Item #: 16191
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Snow Cream'
Item #: 2246
Zones: 7b to 10b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 96" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Fatshedera lizei 'Angyo Star'
Next crop available: 01/07/2022
Item #: 7230
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
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
Dormancy: Evergreen
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 'Pink Frost' PP 21,063
Item #: 9267
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 14" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus croaticus 'Bells of the Ball'
Next crop available: 12/24/2021
Item #: 13615
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Slovenia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Angel Glow' PP 21,093
Item #: 14373
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
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 'Champion'
Item #: 9269
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
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 'Joker' PP 22,022
Item #: 9266
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
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'
Item #: 10063
Zones: 6a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
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 'Red Silver'
Item #: 7707
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Western Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x glandorfensis 'Ice n' Roses Barolo' PPAF
Item #: 15877
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x glandorfensis 'Ice n' Roses Picotee' PPAF
Item #: 15878
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x glandorfensis 'Ice n' Roses Red' PP 28,296
Item #: 14314
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x glandorfensis 'Ice n' Roses Rose' PP 28,297
Item #: 15849
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helleborus x glandorfensis 'Ice n' Roses White' PP 28,293
Item #: 14315
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
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 'Amber Gem'
Next crop available: 12/24/2021
Item #: 4467
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
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'
Item #: 13122
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
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 'Confetti Cake'
Item #: 13123
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
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 'Cotton Candy'
Item #: 3382
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
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 'Dark and Handsome'
Item #: 13124
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
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 'Flower Girl'
Item #: 13354
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
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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