I’ve had a number of people reach out with questions about the plants with the bright red berries. These are winterberry bushes, and they are excellent additions to our Minnesota landscape. Winter is long here, plants that provide color and interest during the snowy and brown months are often overlooked in spring and … Continue Reading ››
Tag Archives: Winter Interest
Evergreen Perennials and Groundcovers
Our exposed, dormant landscape has strengthened my appreciation for those evergreen and semi-evergreen plants that add winter texture, and color. Perennials and groundcovers such as coral bells, lenten rose, creeping phlox, wintergreen, euonymus, and vinca draw … Continue Reading ››
Crabapples for winter interest
Sugar Tyme Ornamental Crabapple
Pale pink buds in spring open to pure white flowers. Bright, red fruit is … Continue Reading ››
What’s Doing the Blooming? Ornamental Grasses
Ornamental grasses in bloom? Yes indeed! It's easy to forget that the attractive seed heads of the ornamental grasses are the result of flowers! Ornamental grasses add a soft texture and grace to our beds and borders … Continue Reading ››
Evergreen and Semi-Evergreen Perennial Groundcovers
Not every Minnesota winter allows us to appreciate our evergreen and semi-evergreen perennial groundcovers like this one. Many winters, they spend our dormant months fully blanketed by snow - out of sight and out of mind until the spring thaw. In spring, they must compete for our attention with the vigorous and vibrant new growth of our herbaceous perennials, … Continue Reading ››