EVERGREENS
Spruce:
Picea abies (norway)
Red Tipped Norway spruce. 25’t x 15’ w. Red tips in spring, cones, interesting structure.
Regular Norway Spruce. 60” x 30”. Cones are long and tight. Hang like christmas ornaments.
Picea omorika (serbian spruce)
Blue Skies Serbian Spruce. 10-15” t. Bi-color needles, pink cones.
Picea Glauca (white spruce) 15’ x 4’ z 2
Weeping White Spruce (pendula)
Picea pungens (blue spruce)
Colorado. Z 2-8. 40-60’t x 10-20’w
Iseli Fastigiate. 10-15’ t x 4’ wide. 15’t x 10’ w
Zafiro. 8’x6’
Pendula. Weeping blue. Varies.
Procumbens Blue spruce. 2’ t x 10’ w.
Pine:
Pinus leucodermis (Bosnian pine)
Indigo Eyes. blue cones, tight compact growth. 10’x8’
Emerald Arrow. 15×8. White bark. Dark green needles.
Irish Bell 8×6
Pinus parviflora(white pine)
Fukuzumi. 6’x12’ windswept, architectural. Z 5
Pinus flexilis/limber pine.
Vanderwolf. 20-25’ x 10-15’. Z 4-7.
Pinus nigra/Austrian Pine
Oregon Green 18-20x 15. Z 4-8.
Cedar:
Atlas Cedar. Cedrus atlantica.
Fastigiata. Blue, architectural and open. 25’x12’
Cedrus deodora. 40-50’ x 20-30’.
False Cypress (Chamaecyparis):
Soft Serve. 10×6’ soft, ferny texture. Smell good,
Weeping Alaskan Cedar. Gently swooping, horizontal branching. 25’x12’
Strict Weeping. 25’x6’
Fernspray Gold Hinoki Cypress. 12×8
Arborvitae (Thuja):
North Pole 10-15’ tall x 3-5’ wide
Spring Grove 20-30’ tall 10-12’ wide
Green Giant 30-50’ 12-15’ wide
Tater Tot. 2-3’ tall 3-4’ wide
Juniper:
Wichita Blue 15’ tall 6’ wide
Spartan 15’ tall 5’ wide
TREES
Birch:.
Royal Frost: purple leaves in summer, catkins, white bark. 40’t x 20’ wide.
Heritage: peel-y bark, creams/wht/brown. 40’t x 30’ w.
White Satin: white bark, 35’x20’. Resistant to borer.
Crabapple
Donald Wyman: 20’x24’ bright red, persistent.
Royal Raindrops: 20’x15’. Red, persistent.
Harvest Gold: 20’x15’, gold, persistent
Paperbark Maples
Paperbark. 25’x20’. Red fall color. Peely, shiny, cinnamon brown bark. Zone 5.
Willow
Flame Willow . 15-20”x10-20’w. Fiery orange, red stems. Dense shrub/tree.
Weeping Willow 40’x60’. Structure, yellow bark.
Scarlet Curls Willow. 25’x20’. twisted, curly branches in shiny yellow/orange.
Contorted Filbert. Hazelnut/ Henry Lauder’s Walking Stick.
Gnarled, twisted branches with yellow catkins. Small tree 12’t x 10’ w. Z 4
SHRUBS
SUN
Hydrangea
Coralberry/Snowberry
Pussy Willow
Viburnum
Euonymus
Oregon Grape
Winterberry
Pyracantha
SUN/SHADE
Boxwood
Dogwood red/yellow
Holly
PART SHADE/SHADE
Witch Hazel
PERENNIALS
SUN
Sedum
Echinacea
Rudbeckia
Clematis
Gaillardia
Scabiosa
Yarrow
SHADE
Bergenia
Astilbe
Heuchera
Hellebores
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES
SUN
Panicum
Pennisetum
Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass
Northern Sea Oats
SHADE
Carex
Hakonechloa
HARDSCAPE
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20 Comments
So helpful! Thank you
Something like that prairie field picture would look AMAZING oh the new property that you guys bought!! 😍😍😍
Northern Sea Oats is a strong and noxious little bugger in my Utah garden and hard to get rid of. It’s beautiful and loves the shade but will take over.
Laura,,, love love you.
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You literally look like you have the Glow 🌟
So helpful!! Thank you
This was so nice and educational for me. I have a mostly shady front yard and mostly sunny backyard. I live in a big city with houses very close together and a 25' wide lot, so not much space, but I think I can use many of these offerings in it! I paid a landscaper alot of money to do our front yard, but unfortunately she planted many items that need alot of sun, so here I am having to move it all to the back and replant the front! So happy you did this video as I will be able to use many of your suggestions, especially the Artic Fire Dogwood plants. They will be beautiful in front close to the house. So happy they like shade! One request, when you ask people to send in their photos, could you show some smaller type homes too? I know it wouldn't be as expansive or showy, but many of us have a smaller type home and could use them as inspiration. Thanks again!
I was just wondering how your wheat was doing?
I find that even just leaving regular perennials up until spring adds interest until the snow pack gets taller. I put in a coral berry this summer and just loved those pink berries. Can’t wait till it matures a bit more -great in cut flower arrangements and as early winter interest. I’ve learned so much watching you these last few years my winter garden gives me almost as much pleasure as my summer garden!
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This is so helpful for me. We just put in a new sidewalk and will be remodeling this spring. After everything is done, I will have a flower bed to re-design and this video will be so helpful as I figure out how to provide more evergreen interest into the garden and to save me work as I turned 70 this year. Thanks Laura!
Proven Winners debuted their Sting Arborvitae Instagram a very narrow arborvitae. What are your thoughts or preference to it over a Taylor Juniper?
Love the winter interest topic! I was just wondering, how did you come up with the name Garden Answer? We love your show as it spanks our garden interest planning throughout the year. Congrats on the Felco ad!
Note:
Seagrass is INVASIVE in East.
I've seen it planted in a parking lot island area of a huge garden center to prevent sprigs showing up in the most random places…you'd think they would mention that (like they do with bamboo) in the coast of SC… 🎄🙏🌞
What a great video Laura, thank you! And thanks to all who sent photos ! I really never think of winter interest until I started watching your videos many many years ago! I have learned so much from you! Thank you again and now I have quite the list now of things I would like to add to my property , and everything just looks so beautiful covered with a fresh layer of snow! I do have a question ❓ HOW MANY TREES DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR PROPERTY ❓❔❓❔❓❔ you mentioned so many you have from the list you talked about. Wishing you and yours a very merry Christmas! 🎄🪆🕯🥁⛸☃️⭐️🌲
As others have said – you are amazing Laura! Your knowledge astounds me the way you retain so much information… it seems to roll right of the top of your head. Been watching you for several years now, but today's video really shows why you are such a success and have such a following!
I’m fortunate enough to live in a place where the willows grow wild. They are always such a joy to me to look at when driving around. Reds and yellows.
Thanks Laura, Aaron & Team! So much excellent and informative information in today's video. Well done. I love my small garden here in Zone 9b and look forward to my evergreen Clematis and Hellebores for winter interest. If I had space, I would love some Winterberry, Mahonia & Witch Hazel.
I loved this video. I am going to have to go back through with a note pad. Lol
Laura I just enjoy these “list” videos so much! I repeat listen to them! have learned so much, for example that listing of crabapple trees! I looked it up while you were talking! I have gotten such good ideas for my garden that I might not have thought of. So informative! Merry Christmas! 🎄
I love the multi- trunk trees also. If you can’t find a multi-trunk, can you plant three trees together? Will they thrive like that?