“Wonders of the Winter Landscape ” Recommended Plant List
Bark Interest
Paperbark Maple- Acer griseum, ‘Cinnamon Flakes’, A. palmatum ‘Sango Kaku’, A. pennsylvanicum ‘Erythrocladum’, ‘Joe Witt’, ‘White Tigress’, ‘Winters Gold’
Acer palmatum ‘Sango Kaku’- Coral Bark Maple
Bottlebrush Buckeye- Aesculus parviflora
Serviceberry, Shadblow- Amelanchier arborea, A. canadensis, A. x grandiflora, ‘Robin Hill’, ‘Princess Diana’, A. laevis, ‘Cumulus’,
Paper Birch - Betula papyrifera
Heritage Birch- Betula nigra Heritage®
Japanese Clethra- Clethra barbinervis
Kousa Dogwood - Cornus kousa
Redtwig Dogwood- Cornus sericea
Yellow twig Dogwood – C. ‘Flaviramea’
‘Winter Flame’ Dogwood – C. ‘Winter Flame’
Seven Son Flower - Heptacodium miconioides
Oakleaf Hydrangea- H. quercifolia ‘Alice’, ‘Snowflake’, ‘Sike’s Dwarf’
Crape Myrtle - Lagerstroemia indica, L. faurei ‘Fantasy’
Persian Parrotia- Parrotia persica
Ornamental Cherry- Prunus sp.
Cutleaf Stephanandra- Stephanandra incisa ‘Crispa’
Stewartia - Stewartia pseudocamellia
Dawn Redwood- Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Flower Interest
Wintersweet- Chimonanthus praecox
Winterhazel- Corylopsis pauciflora
Witchhazel- Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Angelly’, ‘Arnold Promise’, ‘Diane’, ‘Jelena’ ‘Sunburst’
Winter Jasmine- Jasminum nudiflorum
Flowering Apricot- Prunus mume ‘Peggy Clarke’
Pussy Willow- Salix caprea and S. discolor
Black Pussy Willow- Salix melanostachys
Dawn Viburnum- Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’
Fruit Interest
Common Beautyberry- Callicarpa dichotoma, ‘Early Amethyst’, ‘Issai’
White Beautyberry- Callicarpa dichotoma ‘Albifructus’
C. japonica ‘Leucocarpa’
English Holly- Ilex aquifolium, many other good evergreen hollies, ‘Mary Nell’, I. pedunculosa
Winterberry Holly- Ilex verticillata, ‘Red Sprite’, ‘Winter Red’ , ‘Winter Gold’, I. x ‘Autumn Glow’
Sugar Tyme Crabapple- Malus x Sugar Tyme™ , ‘Red Jewel’
Linden Viburnum-Viburnum dilatatum ‘Erie’, , Cardinal candy ™, Tea Viburnum- V. setigerum,
Arrowwood viburnum- V. dentatum, ‘Blue Muffin’
Evergreen Foliage and Form
Hardy Camellias- ‘April Rose’, April Snow’, ‘Polar Bear’, ‘Winter Rose’, ‘Winter
Star’ , ‘Winter Joy, ‘Winter Cupid’
Heavenly Bamboo - Nandina domestica, ‘ Atropurpurea Nana’, ‘Harbour Dwarf’,
‘Woods Dwarf’ , ‘Leucocarpa’
Leatherleaf Mahonia- Mahonia bealei, M. japonica, M. x media ‘Winter Sun’,
‘Charity’, ‘Underway’
Gold Dust Plant- Aucuba japonica ‘Variegata’
Southern Magnolia - ‘Edith Bogue’, ‘Brackens Brown Beauty’, ‘Phyllis Barrow’
Prague Viburnum- Viburnum x pragense, Conoy Viburnum- V. x burkwoodii
‘Conoy’, Allegheny Viburnum- Viburnum x rhytidophylloides ‘Allegheny’
Japanese Pieris - Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wycoff’, ‘Valley Valentine’
Conifers
White Fir- Abies concolor ‘Candicans’
Deodar Cedar- Cedrus deodara
Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar- cedars atlantica ‘Glauca Pendula’
Atlantic White Cedar- Chamaecyparis thyoides ‘Blue Sport’, ‘Shiva’, ‘Red Star’
Himalayan White Pine- Pinus wallichiana ‘Zebrina’
Cryptomeria japonica ‘Yoshino’, ‘Black Dragon’
Lacebark Pine- Pinus bungeana ‘Silver Ghost’
Oriental Spruce- Picea orientalis, ‘Gowdy’, ’Skylands’
Western arborvitae- Thuja plicata ‘Atrovirens’, ‘Virescens’
Majestic Trees
Beech- Fagus sylvatica and F. grandifolia
White Oak- Quercus alba, Red Oak- Q. rubra, Pin oak-Q. palustris, Black Oak- Q. velutina, many other species
American Elm - ‘Princeton’, ‘Valley Forge’ and ‘Mount Vernon’ have all shown
DED resistance, Chinese Elm- Alee® and Athena® good varieties
