American hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Bloom time
Winter-blooming flowers and plants
Winter bloom depends almost entirely on your zone. Mild zones see hellebores, camellias, and early bulbs, while cold zones see very little until late winter.
210 plants in the Rita's Garden Path library are recorded as blooming in Winter (December-February).
Winter bloomers at a glance
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Big blue stem
Andropogon gerardii
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Big blue stem
Andropogon gerardii 'Red October'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Bitter switchgrass
Panicum amarum 'Dewey Blue'
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black hellebore
Helleborus niger
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
California buckeye
Aesculus californica
- USDA zones
- 7–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Carolina yellow jasmine
Gelsemium sempervirens
- USDA zones
- 7–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cherry laurel
Prunus caroliniana
- USDA zones
- 7–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese water-pine
Glyptostrobus pensilis
- USDA zones
- 7–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Goldcrest'
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Princeton Gold'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Imperialis'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Bonny Brook'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Fred Chittenden'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Gold Edge'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Wisley Supreme'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Jermyns Gold'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis 'Brevipetala'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Sweet Sunshine'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Christmas rose
Helleborus niger 'Altifolius'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Common witch hazel
Hamamelis virginiana 'Green Thumb'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Common witch hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Common witch hazel
Hamamelis virginiana 'Little Suzie'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Corsican hellebore
Helleborus argutifolius
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Cyclamen
Cyclamen persicum
- USDA zones
- 9–11
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Piggy Tails'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Dixieland'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Graziella'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Kirk Alexander'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Kitten'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Rigoletto'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Sarabande'
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Yaku Jima'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'November Sunset'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis var. Condensatus 'Cabaret'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Pünktchen'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Nippon'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Eulalia
Miscanthus 'Purpurascens'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Feather reed grass
Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Feather reed grass
Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Overdam'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
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