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A winter landscape has a beauty all its own.
Plant features like winter blooms,
bright berries, colorful or textured foliage, and unusual bark can add a welcome element to your garden. As you enter 2022 and find yourself browsing gardening catalogs during these cold winter days, consider some of the eight shrubs listed below. If you add them to your garden this spring, you will have a beautiful display of colors and textures with eye-catching features to admire in your
winter landscape next year!
Des Plaines Garden Club Horticulture Talk
December 9, 2021 ~ Presented By Karen Pacey
Name: Ilex × meserveae
Name: Ilex verticillata
Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade and moist, acidic soil
Size: To 12 feet tall
Zones: 3–9
Name: Hamamelis virginiana
Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil
Size: Up to 20 feet tall
Zones: 3–8
Name: Cornus sericea
Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade
Size: Up to 9 feet tall
Zones: 3–7
Name: Corylusavellana 'Contorta'
Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in well drained soil
Size: Up to 10 feet tall
Zones: 4–8
Name: Chamaecyparis pisifera
Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil
Size: Up to 70 feet high
Zones: 4–8
Name: Symphoricarpos albus
Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade and well-drained soil
Size: To 6 feet tall
Zones: 3-7
Name: Thuja occidentalis
Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil
Size: Up to 7 feet
Zones: 3–7
Name: Cortaderia selloana
Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade
in well-drained soil
Size: 5 to 7 feet tall
Zones: 5–7
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