- Christmas rose
- Scented snowball
- Witch hazel (Witch hazel)
- Cornelian cherry
- Early spring cyclamen
Christmas rose
The one belonging to the genus of hellebore Christmas rose opens its snow-white flowers, it's not too cold, already at Christmas time. New buds keep showing up well into spring. The evergreen leaves, which the frost cannot harm, feel coarse and leathery. In the light shade, if possible placed between trees, they are easy to care for and delight with beautiful flowers at an unusual time. During the winter you can also keep Christmas roses in pots on the balcony and then put them in the garden.
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Scented snowball
With this winter-flowering shrub you can set attractive accents in the cold season. It prefers a solitary position, as it can be up to 2.5 meters high and wide. In addition, this is the best way to show off the wonderful flowers. Since these cannot tolerate excessive frost, the location should be sunny to partially shaded and protected, for example near a house wall.
Witch hazel
It shows its yellow, delicately scented flowers from January to March. The flowers are thread-shaped and roll up when it is frosty. So the little cold artists can withstand temperatures down to -10 degrees without any problems. The early flowers of the witch hazel are for bees and Bumblebees a valuable food, which is why the witch hazel is often planted in natural gardens.
Cornelian cherry
The opens in mild winters Cornelian cherry flowers from the end of February. Golden yellow, they are extremely attractive. From September onwards, fruits ripen from them, which taste very tasty and can be processed into jam or compote.
Early spring cyclamen
Cyclamen beautify many living spaces in the cold season. But there are also representatives of the species that are cultivated in the open air. The early spring cyclamen blooms here in mild winters as early as mid-February. The flower color of this delicate plant varies from white to pink to carmine red. It thrives particularly well on chalky soils in partially shaded places in front of deciduous trees, where it forms colorful carpets of flowers.
Tips
Flowers like the winterling or that snowdrop push their buds out of the ground as soon as the snow begins to thaw. They take advantage of the fact that everything is still bare and they are not shaded by any other plant. Over the years they form dense carpets of flowers.
