For many, the winter season is a dreary one. It is usually filled with a lot of grey and brown tones. Finding some interest in the world around you can be difficult to find. However, with some effort, you can choose plants for your garden that have a great deal of winter interest and can hopefully help lift your spirits during the dreary winter season. Mickey’s LawnScapes is here to share some tips and talk about different ways you can add winter interest to your garden so that you can enjoy it all year long.
Tips to Add Winter Interest to Your Landscape Design
If you currently don’t have any color or texture in your landscape, you may want to think about adding some this next growing season. Here are some of the best ways to add interest to your garden and landscape:
– Evergreens: When you think about color in a winter landscape, you are surely going to first think of evergreens. They are an integral part of any winter interest in a landscape design. Their ability to stay green even through the harshest climates is impressive. Some evergreen trees that are beautiful additions include white pine, blue spruce, balsam fir, and mortar spruce. For bushes and smaller evergreens, you have boxwood, dwarf spruce, and yew.
– Color: Even though there aren’t many flowers that will thrive in the winter, there are several plants that have colorful stems that can add a significant amount of interest to your property. There are also some trees and shrubs that will have colorful berries on them that last throughout the winter as well. Some plants that have colorful stems include red and yellow twig dogwood, Ninebark, river birch, and paper viburnum. If you are looking for berries on trees and bushes, consider flowering crabapple, showy mountain ash, and holly berry.
– Texture: Another element of winter interest is texture. You can add a significant amount of texture through plants. Some trees and bushes have branches that will wind and twist that create beauty against the winter sky. Others will be large and broad against a winter landscape. Some that can add interest include Bur oak, hackberry, and ironwood. Another option is serviceberry which has silver branches that are great for dark areas of the garden. If you are looking for late blooming bushes, some varieties of witch hazel bloom late in the drain and are a beautiful touch.
– Marcesent Plants: These plants have leaves that will wither and fade without falling off the branches. Some plants that have this phenomenon are boxwood, rhododendron, and pine oak.
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If you need help planning and changing your landscape with the winter season in mind, you can turn to Mickey’s LawnScapes to help you find the right plant life to still keep your property beautiful even through the harshness of winter. Call us today!
