The period of cold weather is not a reason for the garden to be boring and dull. Thanks to the labors of breeders all over the world, today there are a huge number of plants that look great both in the warm season and with the onset of winter. We bring to your attention 8 of them.
Whipped up
The unique silver-blue foliage looks very beautiful at any time of the year. This undersized shrub will be a great addition to any mixborder. With the onset of spring warmth, the podbeel blooms in small pinkish flowers, similar to small bells.
It should be planted with caution where there are pets freely walking around the site - the plant is poisonous.
Mountain Pine Winter Gold
This dwarf plant of the pine family will be a spectacular decoration for any site. In the warm season, the needles have a juicy green hue, and by the cold they change it to gold. The height of the bush is usually 70 cm, but with regular pruning and proper care it can grow up to 1.5 m. Mountain pine is resistant to both frost and drought.
Weeping spruce
Many weeping ornamental plants lose their leaves in cold weather, but not weeping spruce. It got its name due to the unusual arrangement of branches directed towards the ground.
Spruce tolerates cutting the crown well, and its spectacular large cones will become a real decorative element of any site. It grows very slowly at a young age and requires regular soil moisture.
White sedum
This evergreen succulent will create a lush carpet of small white flowers that reveal variegated small leaves after the growing season. The plant is ideal for the foreground of mixborders, as well as for filling the soil space between trees, shrubs or flowers. Sedum is absolutely unpretentious, due to the fleshy structure of the leaves, it can do without watering for a long time.
Siberian cypress
This evergreen plant is not afraid of any weather disasters: it is not afraid of droughts, floods, sun or shade. It grows in height slowly, like all cypresses. But it is able to quickly branch out in breadth, which adds functionality to it - under its crowns, you can hide the flaws of the site, decorate a slope or rocky area where nothing grows.
Feathery carnation
Varieties of pinnate carnations differ in color of inflorescences, have dense stems and narrow pointed leaves of a gray-green hue. Such carnations are unpretentious in maintenance and can withstand low subzero temperatures. In the summer, the carnation blooms, the rest of the year pleases with the unusual color of the leaves, decorating the garden.
Dwarf blue spruce
This spruce has a noble bluish shade of needles. The shape of the dwarf bush is like a ball. In summer, the needles acquire a glossy shine. The plant tolerates winter well, withstands frosts down to -40 degrees!
You can form a spectacular hedge from dwarf spruces, but individual bushes also look gorgeous as part of a mixborder or as a separate planting lined with stones.
Antennaria (cat's foot)
The plant got its name from the shape of the flowers, which to the touch and outwardly resemble multi-colored soft cat paws. Antennaria tolerates almost any growth conditions, it is resistant to drought and frost. It pleases gardeners with its cover of small gray-green leaves, and in spring, pinkish flowers of a bizarre shape are added to them.
