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Winter interest plants

This list is plants tagged for winter interest — evergreen mass, bark, berries, or silhouette when little else is active. The tag marks visual presence, not winter bloom unless the profile says so.
An evergreen shrub and a deciduous tree with bark can share this tag. Open a profile for hardiness — winter structure is not a promise if the plant dies to the ground in your zone.
What this tag means on a plant
- Winter interest is a season tag, not a winter-bloom list.
- Open a profile for zone before you count on winter structure.
- Evergreen (leaf persistence) and fall-interest lists are separate catalogs.
Plants for Winter interest plants (2601)
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Japanese Loquat
Full Sun10–25 ft (310–760 cm)
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Hazel
Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
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Central Mexico Organ Pipe
Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
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Senegal Date Palm
Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
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Leyland cypress
Full Sun60–70 ft (1830–2130 cm)
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Mexican Olive
Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
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Chios Mastic
Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
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Desert Broom
Full Sun4–12 ft (120–370 cm)
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White Mangrove
Full Sun30–40 ft (910–1220 cm)
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Rugosa Rose
Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
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Rose 'Hansa'
Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
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Dog Rose
Full Sun3–15 ft (90–460 cm)
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Common Olive
Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
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Red Bottlebrush
Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
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Cenizo
Full Sun5–8 ft (150–240 cm)
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Ocotillo
Full Sun8–20 ft (240–610 cm)
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Sassafras
Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
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Toyon
Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
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California Rose
Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
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Eastern Hemlock
Full Sun40–70 ft (1220–2130 cm)
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Greenlee Moor Grass
Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
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Autumn Moor Grass
Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
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Common Hackberry
Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
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Brittlebush
Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
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Mule's Fat
Full Sun6–12 ft (180–370 cm)
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Chamiso
Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
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Dwarf Scouring Rush
Full Sun6–10 in (15–25 cm)
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Florida Swampprivet
Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
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California Laurel
Full Sun20–80 ft (610–2440 cm)
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Red Alder
Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
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California Melic Grass
Full Sun1–4 ft (30–120 cm)
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Verdigris Brass Buttons
Full Sun1–2 in (3–5 cm)
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Cushion Moss
Partial Sun2–6 in (5–15 cm)
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Sensitive Plant
Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
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Sweet Briar
Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
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Sea Buckthorn
Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
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Frogfruit
Full Sun1–3 in (3–8 cm)
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Straggler Daisy
Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
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Blue Lyme Grass
Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
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Crimson Bottlebrush 'Mauve Mist'
Full Sun6–12 ft (180–370 cm)
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Crimson Bottlebrush 'Perth Pink'
Full Sun5 ft (150 cm)
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Painted Bamboo
Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
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New Zealand Fire Tree
Full Sun30–35 ft (910–1070 cm)
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California Buckthorn
Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
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Woods' Rose
Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
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Blue Paloverde
Full Sun20–25 ft (610–760 cm)
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Wax Myrtle
Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
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Kentucky Bluegrass
Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
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Prickly Rose
Full Sun3–7 ft (90–210 cm)
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Alkali Sacaton
Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
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Woolgrass
Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
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Broomsedge
Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
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Splitbeard Bluestem
Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
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Black Mangrove
Full Sun10–40 ft (310–1220 cm)
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Red Mangrove
Full Sun20–50 ft (610–1520 cm)
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Baybean
Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
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Baja Bush Snapdragon
Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
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Jojoba
Full Sun3–7 ft (90–210 cm)
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Air Plant
Partial Sun
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Indian Grass 'Sioux Blue'
Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
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