Factsheets - Winter Interest
Plants that are evergreen or colorful in the winter
Trees
River Birch Betula nigra
American Beech Fagus grandifolia
American Holly Ilex opaca
Eastern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana
Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus
Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda
American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina
Northern White Cedar Thuja occidentalis
Shrubs
Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
American Beuatyberry Callicarpa americana
Red Osier Dogwood Cornus sericea
Teaberry Gaultheria procumbens
Inkberry Holly Ilex glabra
Winterberry Holly Ilex verticillata
Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia
Partridgeberry Mitchella repens
Waxmyrtle Myrica cerifera
Catawba Rhododendron Rhododendron catawbiense
Great Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum
Blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium
Common Yucca Yucca filamentosa
Herbaceous
Bluebell Bellflower Campanula rotundifolia
Green and Gold Chrysogonum virginianum
Rough Horsetail Equisetum hyemale
Round-Lobed Hepatica Hepatica americana
American Alumroot Heuchera americana
Hairy Alumroot Heuchera villosa
Golden Ragwort Packera aurea
Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
Moss Phlox Phlox subulata
Woodland Stonecrop Sedum ternatum
Heartleaf Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia
Ferns
Marginal Shield Fern Dryopteris marginalis
Rock Polypody Polypodium virginianum
Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides
Grass and Grasslike
Broomsedge Andropogon virginicus
Blue Wood Sedge Carex glaucodea
Woodland Oats Chasmanthium latifolium
Soft Rush Juncus effusus
Pink Muhlygrass Muhlenbergia capillaris
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans
Vines
Virgin's Bower Clematis virginiana
Carolina Jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens
Coral Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens
COMING SOON Roundleaf Greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia
