Winter Bloomers

Posted by on Dec 21, 2011 in Featured, Gardens | 23 comments

The winter months might not be full of sunshine and warm weather in all the place in the United States, but that is no reason not to have some color in your yard. There are plenty of varieties of plants that will offer you the color that your lawn might be missing in the winter months.  In fact, I had an excursion the other day to find the perfect colorful hanging plants that will offer up glorious color all winter long.  If you have the winter blues and are looking for some bright hues to perk you right up, look no further than these colorful winter options:

• Snapdragons – I absolutely adore these flowers.  Not only are they rich and vibrant in color, but they look incredible potted or in hanging baskets.  This is actually what I chose over the weekend to go on my hangers around my front porch into the winter and spring.  The plants are fairly easy to care for too.  Snapdragons need water and that’s about it.
• Pansies – If you are looking to fill a planter, some flower beds, or create hanging baskets, pansies are a good choice.  There are a variety of colors that you can choose from to include in your projects and they are easy to maintain and care for too.
• Other flowers that give off color during the winter are some types of lilies, chrysanthemums, some roses, and orchids.

Choosing flowers for your yard and beds in the winter is not a difficult as you might have thought now, is it?  Even if you want the ease and convenience of just having one type of flowering plant around like pansies, you will find that their colors and abundance do the trick to add all that you need to spruce up the place.