Hellebores in subtle white and pink, the tiny pink, purple or white bells of winter heather, primroses setting off colour like fireworks, pansies and violas holding on until spring: a handful of hardy plants flower while the rest of the garden sleeps. They fill beds, pots and window boxes — provided you plant them on a day that isn’t freezing.
But actually, some perennials are just waiting for this season to burst into bloom and lend a sparkle to the season!
These will turn your garden, terrace or balcony into a marvelous flowered world where you can spend the end-of-year feast with pleasure!
Read about the most beautiful winter-blooming flowers.
When adding flowers to your winter garden boxes or flower beds, you’ll be giving an entirely different tone to your gardening space.
Alternate these with warm torches or bright candles that will bring on light to the year-end feasts. All in all, easy magnificent flowers perfect to decorate your garden or windowsills.
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Four plants carry the cold months in this article: hellebore, winter heather, primrose and the pansy-viola pair. Here is what each one offers, so you can pick before reading the detail below.
| Plant | Flowers | Flowering season | Where it works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hellebore (Christmas rose) | White and pink, subtle tones | Early winter onwards | Anywhere cold — extremely hardy |
| Winter heather (Erica) | Tiny pink, purple or white bells | Through winter | Garden boxes, pot arrangements, flower beds |
| Garden primrose | Vivid, firework colours | Winter into spring | Annual types for sheer quantity, perennials to return each year |
| Pansies and violas | Yellow and purple | Early winter to spring | Garden boxes and flower beds alike |
Combine two or three of them and the display runs from the year-end feasts right through to spring.
Hellebores drape themselves in beautiful flowers in subtle tones of white and pink.
They are extremely hardy to the cold, and their nickname “Christmas rose” shows that they’re (normally) making their debut for that date.
Heather counts among its varieties one that is called ‘Winter heather‘, and you will marvel at its many flowers!
Its tiny pink, purple or white bells will provide superb appeal to your garden box, pot arrangements and flower beds.
Garden primroses can set off colorful fireworks on their very own!
Annuals bear many more flowers, whereas perennials have the advantage of blooming repeatedly year after year.
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Pansies and violas will enliven the garden from the beginning of winter until spring.
They are virtually mandatory since they adapt just as well to garden boxes as they do to flower beds in the garden.
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Try to plant new winter flowers on days that aren’t freezing: many are fine when roots are in the ground, but exposing them to the biting cold air could lead to transplant shock.
