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 Plant list: Winter flowers
There’s plenty of wonderful winter flowering shrubs, some of which also have a beautiful perfume, to keep the garden lively throughout the winter.
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| Latin name: | | Hamamelis |
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| Common name: | | Witch hazel |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Yellow to red |
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| Leaf colour: | | Mid-green turning yellow in autumn |
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| Height and spread: | | 4m x 4m (13.1ft x 13.1ft) |
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These handsome shrubs work hard for their place in the garden. In autumn their leaves produce colourful displays as they fall, then in winter the bare branches are covered with fragrant, spidery flowers.
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| Latin name: | | Mahonia |
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| Common name: | | Oregon grape |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Bright yellow |
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| Leaf colour: | | Bright glossy green |
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| Height and spread: | | 100cm x 150cm (3.3ft x 5ft) |
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Evergreen, open shrub with leaves that often turn purple and red in winter. In spring large dense clusters of flowers are followed by blue black, gape-like berries.
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| Latin name: | | Jasminum nudiflorum |
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| Common name: | | Winter Jasmine |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Bright yellow |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark green |
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| Height and spread: | | 3m x 3m (9.8ft x 9.8ft) |
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Deciduous arching shrub with flowers born along the bare green stems before the oval leaves emerge. Prefers a spot in full sun, and can be attractively trained against a wall.
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| Latin name: | | Lonicera fragrantissima |
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| Common name: | | Winter honeysuckle |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Creamy white |
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| Leaf colour: | | Deep green |
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| Height and spread: | | 2m x 4m (6.6ft x 13.1ft) |
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A spreading, deciduous bushy shrub that in mid-winter bears the most wonderfully scented clusters of small flowers on the bare stems. The leaves follow, but it does look a little dull for the rest of the year.
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| Latin name: | | Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ |
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| Common name: | | Viburnum |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Pink |
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| Leaf colour: | | Bronzy maturing bright green |
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| Height and spread: | | 2.5m to 3.7m x 1.5m to 2.5m(8.2ft to 12.1ft x 5ft to 8.2ft) |
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An upright, somewhat untidy deciduous shrub with oval leaves. For the longest time clusters of deep pink buds on the bare stems open to reveal delicate, very fragrant flowers.
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