Planting for Winter Interest (for Beginners)! // Garden Answer

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. 15×8. White bark. Dark green needles.
Irish Bell 8×6
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. 10×6’ soft, ferny texture. Smell good,
Weeping Alaskan Cedar. Gently swooping, horizontal branching. 25’x12’
Strict Weeping. 25’x6’
Fernspray Gold Hinoki Cypress. 12×8

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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