Even without a blanket of snow covering the ground, the winter months can make your yard appear monochrome at best and gloomy at worst. As winter wears on, sometimes it feels like every day outside looks exactly the same. Especially when you’re trying to plant flowers, this combination of dull landscapes and cold weather can be frustrating. Winter gardening can feel fruitless (no pun intended) if you aren’t sure which winter flowers will thrive during the cold season. You don’t have to put up with a dull yard! Use these ideas to add color to a winter landscape and bring life to your commercial space.
Winter Bushes and Shrubs
Don’t underestimate bushes and shrubs when you’re looking to add color to a winter landscape. Planting shrubs and bushes combines the privacy and ease of maintaining smaller trees with the speed and color of growing flowers! Witch hazel is a hardy shrub that bursts into gorgeous yellow-orange blossoms during early midwinter, so it is a wonderful choice to add a pop of color to your property. You can also choose from any of these shrubs and bushes:
- Winter Daphne
- Pyracantha (“firethorn”)
- Fringe flower
- Red twig dogwood
- Nandina
- Viburnum (“Winterthur”)
Winter Trees
Blues and greens might not immediately be the colors that come to mind when considering adding color to a winter landscape. However, just because blue-green colors aren’t as bright as red or yellow doesn’t mean you can’t use them to brighten things up. Using evergreen trees as one of the focal points of your property is a smart choice because they stay full and vibrant year-round. Trees take time to grow, but they’re low-maintenance and offer privacy and shade. Here are some more trees that can bring color to a winter landscape:
- Chinese plum (also called Japanese apricot)
- Black bamboo
- Lacebark elm
- Deodar cedar
- Hawthorn
- Sorbus (“pink pagoda”)
Winter Berries
Berries are an excellent method of adding color to a winter landscape. They grow on both bushes and trees, but you’ll have to specifically select trees and bushes that can grow hardy winter berries. Some surefire picks for winter berries include:
- Holly bushes
- Dwarf evergreen trees
- Callicarpa (“beautyberry”) shrubs
- Snowberry shrubs/trees
- Mahonia
- Rowan trees
Winter Flowers
All of the new flowers blooming everywhere can make spring and summer feel bright and cheerful. During winter, it can feel like all of that beauty disappears. Our team has been working in landscape design in Paoli, PA, and the surrounding areas for years, so we know the struggle of gardening flowers in cold Pennsylvania winters. You probably don’t want to be running out to the garden all winter in negative temperatures just to maintain your flowers. One option to consider in this case is window boxes! Some flowers ideal for winter include:
- Pansies
- Winter honeysuckle
- Grape hyacinths
- Pink oxalis
- Daffodils
- Black tulips
- Primroses
- Crocuses
Your Landscaping Professionals
No matter which of these options you choose, all of them are great strategies for adding color to a winter landscape. Need help with planting, maintaining, or removing any trees, bushes, shrubs, flowers, or more? Procare Property Services is the team you can trust! We offer plenty of other landscaping services to improve your property, such as snow removal in West Chester, PA, and the surrounding areas, as well as pressure washing, hardscaping, and landscape lighting. Contact us today!