{"id":12191,"date":"2020-01-21T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=12191"},"modified":"2019-11-20T14:24:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T19:24:08","slug":"%ef%bb%bften-stars-of-the-winter-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2020\/01\/21\/%ef%bb%bften-stars-of-the-winter-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffTen Stars Of The Winter Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here are 10 reliable plants that shine in my Tennessee garden (Zone 6-b) during the winter season:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘Gingerbread\u2019 witchhazel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
  1. Witchhazels<\/strong> (Hamamelis spp<\/em>.) \u2013two species bloom in winter: (a). Vernal witchhazel (H. vernalis<\/em>) blooms in mid- to late- January (zones 4-8). (b). Chinese witchhazel hybrids (H. x intermedia<\/em>) dominate the month of February into March. – deciduous, large multi-stemmed shrub or small tree that grow 12 to 15 feet tall with wide spreading branching; select hybrid forms including \u2018Jelena\u2019 (coppery-orange flowers), \u2018Diane\u2019 (copper-red to red flowers), \u2018Gingerbread\u2019 (orange flowers), \u2018Westerstede\u2019 (yellow flowers), and \u2018Pallida\u2019 (yellow flowers). (zones 5-8). <\/li>
  2. Chinese Paperbush<\/strong> (Edgeworthia chrysantha<\/em>) \u2013 their showy nodding flowers appear in late February into early March (zones (6)7-9).<\/li>
  3. Carolina Jessamine<\/strong> (Gelsemine sempervirens<\/em>) – puts on a spectacular display of fragrant, bright yellow flowers starting in late February (depending on weather) and lasting 4-6 weeks, Sports semi- to evergreen foliage (zones 6 to 9).<\/li>
  4. Lenten Rose<\/strong> (Helleborus x hybridus<\/em>) \u2013 modern day varieties have some gardeners ripping out those they planted 25 years ago. (zones 4-9). <\/li>
  5. Christmas Rose <\/strong> (Helleborus niger<\/em>)  – also noted for their long bloom period in some years starting in late January, most in February  through mid-April. (zones 3-9).<\/li>
  6. Fragrant Honeysuckle <\/strong>(Lonicera fragrantissima<\/em>) – Extremely fragrant (lemony), short-tubed, creamy white flowers often appear in mid-winter before the leaves emerge. Flowers are followed by small, somewhat inconspicuous, red berries. (zones 4-8).<\/li>
  7. Japanese Cornel <\/strong>(Cornus officinalis<\/em>) (zones 5-8) and Chinese cornel (C. mas<\/em>) (zones 4-8) – bloom the latter days of February or early March as prolific open about a week or so later. <\/li>
  8. \u2018Pink Dawn Viburnum<\/strong> (Viburnum x bodnantense<\/em>) – puts on a late winter spring show of pink flower clusters followed by thick, lustrous, rich green foliage and cinnamon-colored branches. (zones 5-8).<\/li>
  9. Chinese wintersweet <\/strong>(Chimonanthus praecox<\/em>) – <\/em>yellow 1 \u00bd inch wide flowers with a purplish-brown center open with fragrant flowers (to 1\u201d across) typically bloom in winter (December to January) on leafless branches. (zones (6)7-9)<\/li>
  10. Daphne<\/strong> (Daphne odora) <\/em>– highly fragrant creamy-white, pink, or yellow blooms open in late winter and persist well into spring. (zones 3 to 10). <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Lenten rose (Helleborus x orientalis<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Ten\nStars Of The Winter Landscape<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Here are 10 reliable plants that shine in my Tennessee garden (Zone 6-b) during the winter season: Witchhazels (Hamamelis spp.) \u2013two species bloom in winter: (a). Vernal witchhazel (H. vernalis) blooms in mid- to late- January (zones 4-8). (b). Chinese witchhazel hybrids (H. x intermedia) dominate the month of February into March. – deciduous, large […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1319,299,1037,710,144,1000,1373,1362,674,666,665,10,1012,1091,991,1305,551,843,1060,1059,629,777,630,705,646,7,1443,935,1401,708,655,455,1400,848],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12227,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12191\/revisions\/12227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}