Virginia Sweetspire is a small shrub with attractive red stems in winter.
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Plants for Winter Interest
- American Beech (Fagus grandifolia), tree
- American Holly (Ilex opaca), evergreen tree
- Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens selections), evergreen tree
- Golddust Plant (Aucuba japonica Variegata), evergreen shrub
- Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick (Corylus avellana Contorta), large shrub
- Heath/heather (Erica darlyensis), small shrub
- Henry's Garnet Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica), small shrub
- Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium), shrub
- Lenten Rose (Helleborus orientalis), perennial
- Little Bluestem (Sczycharium scoparium), grass
- Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia Brilliantissima)
- River Birch (Betula nigra), tree
- Thomas Winter Crocus (Crocus tommassinus), bulb
- Waterfall Japanese Weeping Maple (Acer palmateum dissectum Waterfall), small tree
- Winter King Hawthorne (Crataegus phaenopyrum Winter King)
- Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata Winterberry), large shrub
- Fragrant Wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox), large shrub
- Witchhazel (Hamamelis x intermedia Diane, H. vernalis), large shrub
Additional images
Our American Beech holds its leaves late into the winter
and is especially nice with Little Bluestem nearby.
Golddust Plant has gold-speckled, evergreen leaves.
It needs both male and female plants for berries.
Harry Lauder's Walkingstick has twisty stems and
weird long flowers. Kids will love this plant!
This Winter Heath blooms from January through April in my
yard.
Lenten Rose is another early bloomer, February through
May, with attractive evergreen leaves.
Little Bluestem has a pretty buff color and sways with
the wind.
River Birch with its salmon-colored peeling bark looks
nice with Winterberry Holly.
Thomas' Crocus is an early crocus that naturalizes and
blooms in February.
Weeping Japanese Maple has a beautiful shape all
through the year.
Winter King Hawthorne in December, with Dwarf
Winterberry Holly Red Sprite below.
Fragrant Wintersweet starts blooming around the
holidays and can be cut and forced to bloom. The blooms
are extremely fragrant -plant this near your door.
A red Cardinal watches the snow falling from a blooming
Diane Witchhazel.