In article , Pam
wrote:

Some of my favorite winter interest plants are the following:
Camellia sasanqua
Sarcococca
Witch hazels
Winterhazel and wintersweet
Mahonia x media cultivars
Helleborus
Rubus calcynoides
Wintergreen
Epimedium grandiflorum and rubrum (reliably evergreen with winter coloration)

any cotoneaster
evergreen grasses and their like, like Carex ssp, mondo grass, Phormiums,
etc.
red and yellow twig dogwoods
Stewartia pseudocamellia (bark)
Acer grisseum (bark)
winter daphne
nearly any dwarf conifer
and of course the winter interest offered by assorted herbaceous perennials
like ornamental grasses, sedums, coneflowers, etc.

In this mild climate, if one doesn't address planting for winter, you are
missing out on a whole bunch of great plant material, year round.

pam - gardengal


for easy-to-grow, lovely winter foliage, i'd add:

Euphorbia characias ssp. Wulfenii
Heuchera (lots of great colors available)
heaths and heathers


sam
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