Captivating Combinations for Winter

Winter can be a difficult time of year for many gardeners . The flush of summer have come and choke , fall foliation has faded , and some of us are timeworn after a retentive time of year of toiling . The desire to simply call it discontinue and accept the reality of a bare landscape painting for the come months can be undeniable .

However , there are many easy ways to make wintertime interest in the garden . you’re able to hug the textured look of seminal fluid heads and grasses , pack in conifer of all shapes and sizing , or simply savor the tone of ice and C. P. Snow on anything still stand . To expect at wintertime gardening in a whole young Christ Within , we have compiled a collection of captivating wintertime combinations . We desire you ’ll be inspired to never think of winter as dull again .

1.Miss Willmott ’s ghost(Eryngium giganteum , Zones 5–8 )

2.Purple moor grass(Molinia caerulea , Zones 5–9 )

plan by Piet Oudolf

1.Colorado spruce(Picea pungens‘Bakeri ’ , Zones 3–8 )

2.European cranberry bush(Viburnum opulus‘Compactum ’ , zona 4–8 )

3.Diaboloninebark ® (Physocarpus opulifolius‘Monlo ’ , zone 3–7 )

plan by Tom Vetter in Portland , Oregon

1.‘Morning Light ’ miscanthus(Miscanthus sinesis‘Morning Light ’ , Zones 6–9 )

2.Autumn Joy sedum(Hylotelephium‘Herbstfreude ’ , Zones 3–11 )

3.Blue oat grass(Helictotrichon sempervirens , Zones 4–9 )

1.Big Sky ™ Summer Sky coneflower(Echinacea‘Katie Saul ’ , Zones 4–9 )

2.Korean feather reed grass(Calamagrostis brachytricha , Zones 4–9 )

weather : Full sun ; well - drain soil

1.Sticky Jerusalem sage(Phlomis russeliana , Zones 3–9 )

2.Giant plume grass(Stipa gigantea , zona 8–11 )

Conditions : Full sun ; fertile , well - debilitate soil

design by Tom Stuart - Smith

1.‘Magnus ’ coneflower(Echinacea purpurea‘Magnus ’ , Zones 3–9 )

leafless Japanese maple

A dancer suspended in motion. The sinuous shape of a leafless Japanese maple, outlined in ice, lends drama to a still, snow-blanketed garden.Photo: Susan Roth

2.‘Shenandoah ’ switchgrass(Panicum virgatum‘Shenandoah ’ , Zones 5–9 )

3.Dawn redwood(Metasequoia glyptostroboides , Zones 4–8 )

weather : Full Lord’s Day ; moist , well - drained soil

Miss Willmott’s ghost

Photo: Piet Oudolf

1.Coneflower(Echinaceacv . , Zones 3–8 )

2.‘Rotstrahlbusch ’ switch grass(Panicum virgatum‘Rotstrahlbusch ’ , Zones 5–9 )

European cranberry bush

Photo: Allan Mandell

3.Prairie dropseed(Sporobolus heterolepsis , Zones 3–9 )

condition : Full sun ; ironical to average , well - drain soil

Autumn Joy sedum

Photo: Susan Roth

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