We’re here at the Krohn Conservatory, where going inside and enjoying the tropical plants is a great way to get rid of the winter blahs. But before you go indoors, make sure you enjoy the winter characteristics of the landscape outdoors.
Adding winter interest helps to make the landscape a year round landscape…so with no leaves or flowers, there’s still something interesting to enjoy. Take a look at some of the plants used here outside the Krohn that really add winter interest:
-Ornamental grasses, which not only add interest summer and fall, but winter as well with their beige foliage and wonderful plumes.
-Japanese maples, with their gray bark, red twigs, and almost eerie style of branching.
-Crabapples, with these crabapples and their twisting trunks, horizontal branching, and colorful small crabapples.
-Deciduous hollies…this is Warren’s Red…nice branching, but how about the wonderful show of bright red berries!
-And how about these weeping evergreens?
-Weeping Hemlock, weeping Blue Spruce, weeping Norway spruce, and weeping White Pine. And don’t forget the weeping Beech…what a way to add winter interest to the landscape!
And here’s my favorite…Corylus contorta, or commonly known as Harry Lauders Walking Stick…don’t you just love those corkscrewing branches? I can’t wait for mine to lose the leaves, so I can enjoy its real beauty, all winter long.
