After the seasonal leaf drop in northern Michigan, much of bright landscape colors are gone from the landscape. We are blessed to have the green’s of the evergreen trees of pine, spruces, fir trees, cedar and hemlock; and also the green colors from shrubs such as junipers, yews and evergreen ground covers.
But as look around we can see the bright colors of berries and fruit that have persist from seasonal growth and maturing. We can see the stem and twig color enhances in some of the shrubbery from their summer dull color. Several shrub varieties of Dogwood have stems that get brighter as winter approaches. And with a background of the white of the snow even grey and dark bark trees stand out more. The silhouette of trees will often stand out more in the winter months-some with their graceful branching and others with their statutory appearance.
We have the opportunity to make change in our living areas by “brightening up” our landscape for winter time enjoyment. We can add red or yellow twig dogwoods; flame dogwood that has twigs of bright yellow, orange and reds; Kerria which possesses bright green twigs throughout the winter; Winterberry Holly that has persistent red berries through early winter; Winter King, Washington and several other varieties of hawthorn have red berries. Several varieties of Viburnums that have red to dark colored fruit, and flowering crab apple trees. Sargent, Red Jewell and Royalty flowering crab apple trees have fruit that persist through the winter months and there are dwarf varieties where there is limited space. Many shrubs and trees with fruit have the added value of attracting birds!
And yes, there are dwarf and compact varieties of shrubs and trees that can be utilized where there is limited space!
Adding evergreen shrubs and trees will often enhance other plants that have color fruit or bright twig color.
The “muscular” bark of the beech trees, the light grey bark of serviceberry, the dark bark of oak trees and the white bark of birch trees also have a winter appeal.
But as look around we can see the bright colors of berries and fruit that have persist from seasonal growth and maturing. We can see the stem and twig color enhances in some of the shrubbery from their summer dull color. Several shrub varieties of Dogwood have stems that get brighter as winter approaches. And with a background of the white of the snow even grey and dark bark trees stand out more. The silhouette of trees will often stand out more in the winter months-some with their graceful branching and others with their statutory appearance.
We have the opportunity to make change in our living areas by “brightening up” our landscape for winter time enjoyment. We can add red or yellow twig dogwoods; flame dogwood that has twigs of bright yellow, orange and reds; Kerria which possesses bright green twigs throughout the winter; Winterberry Holly that has persistent red berries through early winter; Winter King, Washington and several other varieties of hawthorn have red berries. Several varieties of Viburnums that have red to dark colored fruit, and flowering crab apple trees. Sargent, Red Jewell and Royalty flowering crab apple trees have fruit that persist through the winter months and there are dwarf varieties where there is limited space. Many shrubs and trees with fruit have the added value of attracting birds!
And yes, there are dwarf and compact varieties of shrubs and trees that can be utilized where there is limited space!
Adding evergreen shrubs and trees will often enhance other plants that have color fruit or bright twig color.
The “muscular” bark of the beech trees, the light grey bark of serviceberry, the dark bark of oak trees and the white bark of birch trees also have a winter appeal.
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