Episode 127: Plants for Winter’s Worst

Much like the United States Postal Service , these plants will not allow pelting , nor sleet , nor driving snowfall block off them from pulling through theworst wintertime weatherimaginable . It can be hard to find plant that will depend two months of dry winds in the eyes and laugh — or model in a frigid pool for four months and not molder . We decide to sing the praises of those perennial and woodies that will take whateverJanuary , February , andMarchhave to dole out and come out on the other side unscathed . strain in to this episode to acquire about plants that unfeignedly are up to the challenge of taking wintertime ’s worst on the Kuki-Chin .

Expert guest : Mary Ann Newcomeris a native Idahoan who garden , scouts gardens , and writes about gardening in the Intermountain West .

Danielle’s Plants

‘ Ninja Stars ’ epimedium ( Epimedium‘Ninja Stars ’ , Zones 4–9 )

Leatherleaf viburnum ( Viburnumrhytidophyllum , Zones 5–8 )

‘ Blue Chip ’ juniper ( Juniperushorizontalis‘Blue Chip ’ , Zones 3–9 )

‘ Biokovo ’ stout geranium ( Geraniumcantabrigiense‘Biokovo ’ , geographical zone 5–8 )

Carol’s Plants

Rosemary willow , summer foliage . photograph : good manners of Franz Xaver via WikimediaCommons

Rosemary willow , winter branch

Rosemary willow ( Salixelaeagnos , Zones 4–8 )

How to Add Color to the Winter Garden

Native Perennials to bulge out from Seed

fluent blue aster ( Symphyotrichum leave , Zones 3–8 )

Golden Scots pine ( Pinussylvestris‘Aurea ’ , Zones 3–7 )

Siberian fleur-de-lis ( Irissibirica , Zones 3–9 )

Expert’s Plants

European snowball viburnum ( Viburnum opulus‘Roseum ’ , Zones 3–8 )

Autumn Brilliance ’ serviceberry ( Amelanchier×grandiflora‘Autumn Brilliance ’ , Zones 4–9 )

‘ blueish Shag ’ eastern white pine ( Pinus strobus‘Blue Shag ’ , Zones 3–8 )

German barbate iris ( Iris×germanicacvs . , Zones 3–10 )

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