Shrubs & Plants for Winter Color
You can enhance your garden's winter appeal by planting shrubs and other plants that produce colorful flowers and/or foliage during the winter season.
Use the chart below to select winter flowering and color plants for certain sun exposures, water needs, bloom season and USDA Zones
*Water Needs: Indicates needs once plants are established
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Plant Name or Type | Flower Color | Winter Bloom Time | Winter Foliage | Berry Color | USDA Zones |
Abelia | - | - | Red-Orange | - | 6-9 |
Anise 'Florida Sunshine' - Illicium | - | - | Yellow | - | 7-9 |
Beautyberry Bush - Callicarpa | - | - | - | Purple | 5-8 |
Camellia Sasanquas | Pink, Red, Wh | Early | Dark Green | - | 7-10 |
Camellia Japonicas | Pink, Red, Wh | Late | Dark Green | - | 7-10 |
Cypress 'Blue Ice' | - | - | Silver-Blue | Blue | 6-9 |
Cypress "Gold Mop' | - | - | Golden-Yellow | - | 5-10 |
Cypress 'Silver Smoke' | Silver-Grey | Blue | 7-9 | ||
Forsythia - Yellow Bells | Bright Yellow | Late | - | - | 4-8 |
Holly (select varieties) - Ilex | - | - | Green | Red,/Orng | 6-9 |
Juniper 'Bar Harbor' | - | - | Silvery-Purple | - | 3-9 |
Juniper 'Blue Star' | - | - | Blue | - | 4-8 |
Loropetalums (Chinese Witchazel) | Pink, Red | Late | Purple | - | 7-10 |
Mahonia | Lemon Yellow | Late | Dark Green | Blue | 6-9 |
Nandinas | - | - | Red, Orange | Red (some) | 6-10 |
Rosemary | Blue | Late | Dark Green | - | 6-10 (varies) |
Tea Olive - Osmanthus | White, Yllw, Orng | Early, Late | Dark Green | - | 7b-10 |
Winter Daphne - Daphne odora | White, Purple | Late | Dark Green | - | 7-9 |
Yucca 'Color Guard' | - | - | Yellow | - | 4-9 |
Perennial Winter Color Plants | Flower Color | Winter Bloom Time | Winter Foliage | Berry Color | USDA Zones |
Artemisia (Wormwood) | - | - | Silver-Grey | - | 5-9 |
Autumn Fern | - | - | Bronze-Orange | - | 3-8 |
Butterscotch Jasmine - Gels. | Golden Yellow | Early & Late | Green | - | 7-9 |
Carolina Jasmine - Gelsemium | Bright Yellow | Late | Dark Green | - | 7-10 |
Euphorbia | Assorted | Late | Assorted | - | 7-9 |
Farfugium (Leopard Plant) | Yellow | Early | Green | - | 7-10 |
Heuchera (Coral Bells) | - | - | Assorted | - | 4-8 |
Lenten Rose - Helleborus | Many Colors | Mid to Late | Dark Green | - | 5-9 |
Lamb's Ear - Stachys | - | - | Silver-White | - | 4-9 |
Lysimachia (Creeping Jenny) | - | - | Golden | - | |
Sedum 'Angelina' | - | - | Orange | - | 3-11 |
Sedum tectractinum 'Coral Reef' | - | - | Reddish | - | 5-8 |
Sedum 'Lemon Ball' | - | - | Chartreuse | - | 6-9 |
Sedum 'Dragons Blood' | - | - | Red | - | 5-9 |
Sedum 'Voodoo' | - | - | Burgundy | - | 5-9 |