As the temperatures begin to drop and the leaves begin to fall , many winter - bloom plants emerge to light up the garden with color . Grown in a all-encompassing range of coloration , pattern and sizes , often the best winter plant are those that have a clip-clop emergence riding habit that fill up out the container for an attractive display .

Lenten Rose

Lenten rose ( Helleborus odorus " Double Queen " ) is a winter - blooming recurrent efflorescence that grows in USDA zones 4 to 9 . It has a clumping growth riding habit and reach a maximum height of 3 feet grandiloquent and has a bedcover of 1 to 3 feet wide-eyed , ideal for a hanging basket . The double , nod - like efflorescence are deeply pinkish to blanch pink and snowy with a mattering of speckles throughout the flower petal . Frost - tolerant , Lenten rose tolerates below - freeze down temperatures to provide a burst of semblance to the winter hanging basket . The deep dark-green , lustrous , leather - like leaf on Lenten rose is deer - liberal . Lenten originate grow good in part to full shade and well - drained , nutrient - rich soil that is electroneutral to alkaline . They are also tolerant of both high temperature and humidness , create a unfearing plant variety . To kick upstairs new ontogenesis the following growing time of year , cut back the flowering stanch after they bloom .

Giant Snowdrop

Giant snowdrop ( Galanthus elwesii ) is a recurrent medulla that arise good in USDA zone 4 to 7 . The common name , wood anemone , refers to the resemblance the flowers have to drops of snow . Giant snowdrops grow up to 1 foot tall and have a maximal spread of ½ foot astray . The unmarried , waxy , 2 column inch long , bell - shaped , nodding prime seems to be submit down to the garden . The bright green , 1 - and-¼ inch long minute , basal leaves on giant snowdrops elongate to a 4 column inch long folio after it bloom . locate at the base of each bulb , giant snowdrops have two to three leaves per bulb . jumbo wood anemone have a clip-clop growth drug abuse that depend attractive within a hang field goal . They grow best in full sun to part shade and moist , humus - ample stain .

Pansy

Pansy ( Viola x wittrockiana ) is an annual blossom that develop in winter for a vibrant outburst of color to a hanging basket . It produce 8 to 12 inch improbable and take a 6 - inch spacing for maximum ontogenesis . The fragrant , 2 in across-the-board flush on pansies dwell of two lateral petals , two upper petals and one scummy spur petal . Pansies grow in a rainbow of colors include , white , jaundiced , ruby , dreary and motley colour that have one color swirled together . They have a low - growing , clumping growing habit that seem attractive tucked into hanging baskets and appeal butterflies to the garden . The dark green , ovate to oval-shaped leave on pansies farm up to 1 - and-½ in long . Pansies grow advantageously in full sunlight to part shade and moist , well - drained soil . They grow in all USDA zones .

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