Season

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

1. Winter interest is a season tag, not a winter-bloom list.
2. Open a profile for zone before you count on winter structure.
3. Evergreen (leaf persistence) and fall-interest lists are separate catalogs.

Plants for Winter interest plants (2601)

• Thailand Giant Elephant Ear Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Taro Partial Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Lemon-Colored Natal Lily Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Natal Lily Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Wintersweet 'Luteus' Full Sun9–10 ft (270–310 cm)
• Wintersweet 'Grandiflorus' Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Hinoki Cypress 'Nana Gracilis' Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Lawson Cypress 'Ellwoodii' Full Sun13–20 ft (400–610 cm)
• British Columbia Wild Ginger Partial Sun6–8 in (15–20 cm)
• Elephant Ear 'Mayan Mask' Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Elephant Ear ‘Dragon Scale’ Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Chinese Evergreen 'Stripes' Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Chinese Evergreen 'Cutlass' Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Chaparral Nightshade Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• California Buttercup Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Cape Leadwort Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Doctorbush Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Golden Creeping Jenny Full Sun3–6 in (8–15 cm)
• Sweet Gum 'Lane Roberts' Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Sweetgum Full Sun60–80 ft (1830–2440 cm)
• Gerbera Daisy Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Tatarian Dogwood 'Kesselringii' Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Tatarian Dogwood 'Aurea' Full Sun5–8 ft (150–240 cm)
• Italian Arum 'Marmoratum' Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Italian Arum Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Pacific Trillium Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Sweet Box Partial Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Fragrant Sweet Box Partial Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Rebutia fabrisii Full Sun2–3 in (5–8 cm)
• Crown Cactus Full Sun2–3 in (5–8 cm)
• California Polypody Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Licorice Fern Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Prickly Heath Full Sun2–5 ft (60–150 cm)
• Oregon Wintergreen Partial Sun4–10 ft (120–310 cm)
• Emory's barrel cactus Full Sun4–8 ft (120–240 cm)
• Twisted Barrel Cactus Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Red Angel's Trumpet Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
• Hen and Chickens Fern Partial Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Hart's Tongue Fern Partial Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Blue Noble Fir Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Blue Noble Fir 'Blaue Hexe' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Narrow-Leaved Cattail Full Sun3–7 ft (90–210 cm)
• Variegated Broadleaf Cattail Full Sun3–7 ft (90–210 cm)
• Coleus 'Freckles' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Coleus 'Black Prince' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Texas Spider Lily Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Hebe 'Patty's Purple' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Hebe elliptica 'Variegata' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Winter Heath 'Golden Starlet' Full Sun4–6 in (10–15 cm)
• Winter Heath 'December Red' Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• California Gold' Bougainvillea Full Sun8–30 ft (240–910 cm)
• Oo-la-la Bougainvillea Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Canary Island Aeonium Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Houseleek Tree Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Japanese Privet 'Variegatum' Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
• Japanese Privet 'Rotundifolium' Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Dwarf Iris 'Alida' Full Sun4–6 in (10–15 cm)
• Dwarf Iris 'Katharine Hodgkin' Full Sun4–5 in (10–13 cm)
• Poinciana Full Sun7–10 ft (210–310 cm)
• Red Bird of Paradise Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)