Plants With Winter Interest

Winter King Hawthorn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The days are getting shorter, the last of the leaves are falling, and old man winter is starting to knock on the door. If it wasn’t for the evergreens, the landscape would become drastically boring, right?   WRONG!!    Many deciduous trees and shrubs have interesting characteristics, from exfoliating bark and seed pods, to colorful twigs and dried flowers, that last throughout the winter.  The following are some examples along with pictures.  (Click on name for link)

Paperbark Maple

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TREES

• Three-flower Maple, Acer triflorum (bark)
• Paperbark Maple, Acer griseum (bark)
• Whitespire Birch, Betula populifolia ‘Whitespire’ (bark)
• River Birch, Betula nigra (bark)
• Musclewood, Carpinus caroliniana (bark)
• Winter King Hawthorn, Crataegus viridis ‘Winter King’  (bark and fruit)
• Kentucky Coffeetree, Gymnocladus dioica (bark and fruit)
• Crabapples, Malus spp. (fruit)
• Amur Chokecherry, Prunus maackia (bark)
• Pekin Lilac, Syringa pekinensis (bark)

Kentucky Coffeetree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHRUBS

• Black Chokeberry, Aronia melanocarpa (fruit)
• Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis (fruit)
• Redtwig Dogwood, Cornus sericea (twigs)
• Yellowtwig Dogwood, Cornus sericea ‘Flaviramea’ (twigs)
• Burning Bush, Euonymus alatus (twigs and fruit)
• Seven Son Flower, Heptacodium miconioides (bark)
• Hydrangea, Hydrangea spp. (dried flowers)
• Winterberry, Ilex verticullata (fruit)
• Japanese Kerria, Kerria japonica (twigs)
• Common Ninebark, Physocarpus opulifolius (bark)

Hydrangea

Black Chokeberry

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