Keep containers looking great, even in winter. Add color, texture, and interest to window boxes, porches, or create focal points in your garden. Here’s a list of plants & materials to help you get started!
Cuttings: Branches
Holly, pine, spruce, fir, hemlock, spice bush, cypress
Berries
Winterberry holly, beautyberry, yew
Live Plants Shrubs
Holly, redtwig dogwood, magnolia, small evergreens.
Be sure shrubs are at least one zone hardier than the zone in which you live.
Perennials
Heuchera (Coral Bells), Yucca, Iberis, Bergenia (heartleaf bergeria)
Clay & Ceraminc pots may crack from repeated freezing. Choose wood, plastic, or concrete containers for winter displays.