Shrubs and Plants which Flower in January
Looking for shrubs and plants with winter interest?
The gallery below illustrates some of the most common and easy to grow winter shrubs and plants. Many winter flowering shrubs and plants are, by necessity, tough flowering when the weather is often at its worst.
Some of these shrubs are scented, and all add cheer to the January garden.
Hellebore Niger.
Amongst the Hellebores, H. Niger is the one of the first early flowering Hellebores. This variety is aptly named H. "Christmas Carol" flowering very early.
Hamamelis
Hamamelis common name Witch Hazel will flower throughout January and February. Unusual spidery, sometimes scented, flowers appear ahead of foliage.It is a woodland shrub illustrated is orange flowers of Hamamelis 'aphrodite'
Lonicera
Lonicera fragrantissim the winter flowering honeysuckle has, in my opinion, far better scent than Witch Hazel although its flowers are smaller.
Snowdrops
Everyone loves snowdrops and in the right conditions they put on a great winter show.
Snowdrops are another woodland plant which combine well with Hamamelis and Hellebores.
Cornus
Cornus are not actually in flower now, but they do look spectacular with colour stems in the winter sun.
Easy to grow especially if you have a boggy patch in the garden, Cornus is super tough.
Viburnum tinus
Another tough shrub, Viburnum tinus is evergreen with delicate white flowers flushed pink.
Tolerant of many growing conditions ideal for low maintenance planting.
Mahonia
Mahonia is also robust, and has forms a dense thicket when planted as a shrub with spines, making it intruder resistant.
Mahonia has bright yellow flowers in the winter, and some varieties are scented.
Clematis cirrhosa
Clematis cirrhosa are winter flowering clematis, slightly tender but otherwise easy to grow (no pruning required) illustrated is C. 'freckles'
Viburnum
Viburnum x bodnantense 'dawn' A sweetly scented winter flowering deciduous shrub. Easy to grow, tolerant of most conditions including partial shade.