Planting for Winter Interest (for Beginners)!

December 17, 2022

EVERGREENS

Spruce:

Picea abies (norway)

Red Tipped Norway spruce. 25’t x 15’ w. Red tips in spring, cones, interesting structure.

Regular Norway Spruce. 60” x 30”. Cones are long and tight. Hang like christmas ornaments.

Picea omorika (serbian spruce)

Blue Skies Serbian Spruce. 10-15” t. Bi-color needles, pink cones.

Picea Glauca (white spruce) 15’ x 4’ z 2

Weeping White Spruce (pendula)

Picea pungens (blue spruce)

Colorado. Z 2-8. 40-60’t x 10-20’w

Iseli Fastigiate. 10-15’ t x 4’ wide. 15’t x 10’ w

Zafiro. 8’x6’

Pendula. Weeping blue. Varies.

Procumbens Blue spruce. 2’ t x 10’ w.

Pine:

Pinus leucodermis (Bosnian pine)

Indigo Eyes. blue cones, tight compact growth. 10’x8’

Emerald Arrow. 15x8. White bark. Dark green needles.

Irish Bell 8x6

Pinus parviflora(white pine)

Fukuzumi. 6’x12’ windswept, architectural. Z 5

Pinus flexilis/limber pine.

Vanderwolf. 20-25’ x 10-15’. Z 4-7.

Pinus nigra/Austrian Pine

Oregon Green 18-20x 15. Z 4-8.

Cedar:

Atlas Cedar. Cedrus atlantica.

Fastigiata. Blue, architectural and open. 25’x12’

Cedrus deodora. 40-50’ x 20-30’.

False Cypress (Chamaecyparis):

Soft Serve. 10x6’ soft, ferny texture. Smell good,

Weeping Alaskan Cedar. Gently swooping, horizontal branching. 25’x12’

Strict Weeping. 25’x6’

Fernspray Gold Hinoki Cypress. 12x8

Arborvitae (Thuja):

North Pole 10-15’ tall x 3-5’ wide

Spring Grove 20-30’ tall 10-12’ wide

Green Giant 30-50’ 12-15’ wide

Tater Tot. 2-3’ tall 3-4’ wide

Juniper:

Wichita Blue 15’ tall 6’ wide

Spartan 15’ tall 5’ wide

TREES

Birch:.

Royal Frost: purple leaves in summer, catkins, white bark. 40’t x 20’ wide.

Heritage: peel-y bark, creams/wht/brown. 40’t x 30’ w.

White Satin: white bark, 35’x20’. Resistant to borer.

Crabapple

Donald Wyman: 20’x24’ bright red, persistent.

Royal Raindrops: 20’x15’. Red, persistent.

Harvest Gold: 20’x15’, gold, persistent

Paperbark Maples

Paperbark. 25’x20’. Red fall color. Peely, shiny, cinnamon brown bark. Zone 5.

Willow

Flame Willow . 15-20”x10-20’w. Fiery orange, red stems. Dense shrub/tree.

Weeping Willow 40’x60’. Structure, yellow bark.

Scarlet Curls Willow. 25’x20’.  twisted, curly branches in shiny yellow/orange.

Contorted Filbert. Hazelnut/ Henry Lauder’s Walking Stick.

Gnarled, twisted branches with yellow catkins. Small tree 12’t x 10’ w. Z 4

SHRUBS

SUN

Hydrangea

Coralberry/Snowberry

Pussy Willow

Viburnum

Euonymus

Oregon Grape

Winterberry

Pyracantha

SUN/SHADE

Boxwood

Dogwood red/yellow

Holly

PART SHADE/SHADE

Witch Hazel

PERENNIALS

SUN

Sedum

Echinacea

Rudbeckia

Clematis

Gaillardia

Scabiosa

Yarrow

SHADE

Bergenia

Astilbe

Heuchera

Hellebores

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

SUN

Panicum

Pennisetum

Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass

Northern Sea Oats

SHADE

Carex

Hakonechloa

HARDSCAPE

Boulders, fences, concrete, pots, arbors, trellis, obelisks

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