Winter Resistant Plants and Shrubs
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For those landscapers living in a Northern climate, it is
essential to consider hardy winter resistant plants and shrubs.
The reason behind this is not only so they can continue adding to
the beauty of your winter landscape, but also so they will
persevere through the winter season and add texture and color in
the early spring months.

While many Northern climate zones can enjoy a beautiful array of
trees like Birch, Maple, Oak, and Dogwood, many homeowners would
also like their landscape plants and shrubs to remain beautiful
even as the snow falls. With this in mind there are a variety of
beautiful winter resistant plants and shrubs that can easily be
added to the landscape any time of year.


Longstalk Holly

This winter resistant element can be either a large shrub or
tree, depending on the type of product selected at the
landscaping company or store. Although it is called a "holly" the
leaves are a beautiful evergreen that look more like mountain
laurel than holly. One of the best reasons for selecting the
Longstalk Holly is that it not only does well as a winter
resistant shrub but it is also extremely heat resistant, making
it excellent for climate zones that will warm up in the summer
months. The trees will don a beautiful fruit throughout different
seasons but especially in the winter, making this an excellent
choice to spruce up your winter landscape.


Bayberry

If you are looking for a winter resistant shrub with fruit that
won't attract the deer throughout the seasons, the Bayberry
shrub is an excellent choice. For those homeowners who enjoy
birds munching in the spring, summer and fall months, the
wonderful part about the Bayberry shrub is that while the deer
stay away, the birds love the fruit on this winter resistant
plant. The Bayberry shrub also does well in warm weather and can
be planted in shade or full sunshine without being disturbed.


Evergreen Holly

Holly is popular as a Christmas decoration because holly is one
of the best available as far as winter resistant plants and
shrubs go. Evergreen holly is also one of the most popular winter
resistant plants because it also dons beautiful bright berries
and elegant, evergreen colored foliage. Although many homeowners
believe the Evergreen holly is excellent in all cold climate
zones, it really does not do that well in extremely cold climate
zones.


Acacia

While both Prostrate Acacia and Acacia Redolens fall under the
category of excellent winter resistant plants and shrubs, they
also fall under the category of excellent drought and heat
resistant plants and shrubs. Although there are no blooms on the
majority of acacias, they do provide beautiful green foliage in
the winter months and will be a wonderful addition to any winter
landscape.


Cranberry Bush

Although the Cranberry bush is considered a shrub, it is a small
shrub that can easily be mistaken as a plant and can be placed
nearly anywhere in the garden to add color and flair. The
Cranberry bush really is excellent for almost any season, but
does well as a winter resistant plant. It produces large
quantities of red berries in the wintertime, which add beauty to
the winter landscape and feed the birds as well. In the early to
middle summer months, the Cranberry bush will produce beautiful
little white flowers and in the late summer there will also be
red berries. The Cranberry bush foliage also turns a deep reddish
purple, so is a plant that offers something for every season's
landscape.


Ted Roberson owner of landscape living is a landscape and garden
enthusiast who has years of experience working and creating
outdoor living areas. Discover how you can improve and maintain
your landscape and gardenarea with simple projects you can do
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