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Re: Wanting winter interest plants

Some nice ones (some mentioned before):

Acer pensylvanicum 'Erythrocladum'
Acer rufinerve 'Winter Gold'
Cornus sericea 'Midwinter beauty'
Fagus sylvatica 'Tortuosa' (also Contorta etc.)
Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula' (also Miltonensis, etc.)
Stewartia (several)
Betula albo-sinensis
Salix m. Golden Curls (also Scarlet Curls)
Robinia psuedoacacia 'Tortuosa'
Rhododendron 'Thunderhead' (very dark read in winter)
Pinus sylvestris 'Aurea'
Pinus mugo 'Wintergold'
Ulmus glabra 'Camperdowni'
Ilex x Sparkleberry and others deciduous hollies
Acer palmatum Sangu Kaku
Platanus occidentalis
Lindera angustifolia
ghost brambles

subtle but nice-
    Cornus controversa and alternifolia
    Vaccinium corumbosum
    Magnolia stellata (for the buds and bark)

All hardy in Z5 (some people have trouble with Sangu Kaku - I like
Erythrocladum better if you can find it and it's very hardy.)

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com>
To: woodyplants@mallorn.com <woodyplants@mallorn.com>
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 1997 11:38 AM
Subject: Wanting winter interest plants


>Here in zone 5b USDA (Urbana, Illinois) we've still got some color left on
>the trees.  Across the street from my window here at work a burning bush
>is still glowing bright red, but the amelanchier 5 feet out doesn't
>have any more leaves left on it.
>
>I know that in another month things are going to be depressing as most
>of the color leaves the landscape.
>
>Does anyone have preferred tree or shrub selections for winter interest?
>Even something as subtle as the dried flower panicles of a bottlebrush
>buckeye sticking out of the snow is appreciated.
>
>So what about it?  Who has favorites that have interesting bark highlighted
>by the cold winter months?  What about persistent fruit or winter flowers?
>
>Chris
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