Add Some Colour to Your Winter Garden
Category Home Renovations
When you think of home maintenance, often you forget about a big part of the appeal of a home - the garden! Autumn is the ideal time to make sure that come the winter months, you can still enjoy your garden in all its glory.
We've put together a list of plants to plant this season, that will add some colour come Winter.
During the cold winter months, these plants will add some colour to your garden:
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Hypoestes aristata (Ribbon Bush)
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Aloe spp (Aloes) - some of the new hybrid Aloes have a longer or different flowering time and can, if planned and grouped properly, ensure colour from autumn right through winter.
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Leptospermum scoparium 'Cherry Brandy' (Australian Tea bush)
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Euryops virgineus (Honey Daisy)
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Camellia japonica (Common Camellia)
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Erica spp (Heather)
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Azalea spp (Azalea)
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Leucospermum spp (Pincushion)
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Protea spp (Sugarbush)
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Kniphofia praecox (Red-hot poker)
Select from the following hedging and screening plants:
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Escallonia varieties
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Abelia varieties
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Syzygium paniculatum (Brush Cherry)
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Viburnum odoratissimum (Sweet Viburnum)
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Carissa macrocarpa (Cape Num-num) - excellent for security as well.
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Polygala myrtifolia (September Bush)
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Pittosporum varieties
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Duranta varieties
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Freylinia tropica (Honey Bell Bush)
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Raphiolepis indica (Indian Hawthorn)
Consider the following for lower hedges:
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Buxus sempervirens (Boxwood)
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Lavandula 'Margaret Roberts' (Margaret Roberts Lavender).
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Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary)
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Portulacaria affra (Spekboom)
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Cuphea hyssopifolia (False Heather)
Author: Maxprop