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Winter Flowering
Plants
Compiled by:
JE Larby Garden Design & Consultancy
Tel: 01420 87271 Mobile: 07789 072750
Acacia Dealbata - Large shrub/small tree ideal for
a sheltered wall. Golden fragrant flowers.
Camellia Japonica Williamsii - Good glossy
evergreen foliage. Requires acid soils. Long
lowering period.
Chimononanthus Praecox - Sweetly scented pale
yellow flowers produced on mature plants.
Cornus Mas - Cornelian Cherry - Large shrubs with
small yellow flowers cover bare stems during
February.
Daphne Mesereum - Sweet scented purple/red
flowers through February/March. Thrives in chalky
soils.
Daphne Odora - Small shrubs. Requires some
protection. Very fragrant blooms.
Eleagnus x Ebbingei - Small fragrant white blooms
in November. Strong growing evergreen.
Erica Carnea - Winter Heather - Various winter
flowering forms. Excellent ground cover. Best
planted in drifts. Can be grown in alkali soils.
Erica Darilyensis - Similar to Carnea but usually
taller growing. Will also accept chalky soil.
Garry Elliptica - Good wall evergreen, full of
flowers borne in long slender catkin form.
January/February.
Helleborus Niger. - Christmas Rose - White flowers
tinged pink. Mulch with manure during spring.
December/February.
Helleborus Orientalis - Lenten Rose - Flower shades
from white, creams to plum purple. February/April.
Jasminum Nudiflorum - Winter Jasmine - Good on
walls or banks. Bright yellow flowers.
November/February.
Lonicera Fragrantissima - Lovely sweet fragrant
cream flowers during late winter/spring.
December/April.
Lonicera Purpussii - Winter Beauty - Very free
flowering form with fragrant cream flowers.
Mahonia Japonica - Good architectural foliage with
racemes of fragrant lemon yellow flowers.
December/March.
Mahonia Media - Vigorous form. Lemon yellow
flowers slightly fragrant. December/February.
Hamamelis - Witch Hazel - Spider like flowers some
are fragrant. December/March.
Pachysandra Terminalis - Very useful evergreen
groundcover in shaded site. Greenish white flowers.
February/March.
Prunus Subhirtella Autumnalis - Small tree up to
7.5m. Semi-double white flowers intermittently from
November to March.
Rhododendron Arboreum - Magnificent large
shrub. Long leaves up to 20cm. Forms vary in
flower colour from white to blood reds.
Sarcocca - Christmas Box - Attractive evergreen
glossy foliage with fragrant white flowers during
late winter.
Skimmia Japonica Rubella - Male clone carries red
buds throughout winter. White flowers follow during
Spring.
Viburnum Bodnantense - Upright habit. Sweetly
scented, rose tinted flowers. Flowers frost resistant
and remain for several weeks.
Viburnum Farreri - Medium to large shrub. Flowers
pink in bud opening white. Sweetly scented.
November to February.
Viburnum Tinus - Popular evergreen. Pink budded
flowers turning white in late autumn/early spring.
Medium to large shrub with good structure.