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Winter Garden

A winter garden is the preferred garden in climates where snow is expected every year. Some places don’t receive a lot of snow, but they are still in areas where the ground is frozen for much of the winter. In the most extreme areas they are mostly landscaping features such as rocks, sculptures and interesting walkways while the plant life is mostly evergreen trees and hardy ground cover.

Depending on how cold, and for how long it stays cold determines what plants are best in a winter garden. In places that only receive occasional snow plants like English ivy can survive very well. They remain green all year round and also make good plants for shady areas. They will climb walls however, so if that is desired placing a lattice a few inches away from the wall will preserve the structure of the wall.

The most popular plant life in a winter garden is a selection of trees. There are a variety of trees that survive very extreme weather. There are many different types of evergreen trees, pine trees and fir trees that are all beautiful, and aspen is also very cold tolerant, but only has leaves from spring until fall. In temperate zones gardening can be done all winter long with no problems, but plants can be planted differently so they bloom in winter instead of spring.

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