Winter season can be long, dull and colorless when most of the surroundings are blanketed in snow. The days are dark and cold but you can add a lot of color and texture to the surroundings by plating some great winter plants and shrubs. There are many varieties of flowering plants and shrubs that can potentially add a lot of interest to the landscape during the winter season.

There many plants that bloom during fall and winter season. Apart from the flowering plants you can even grow shrubs that display beautiful colors during winter. Some of the common plants and shrubs that can be grown for seasonal interest include-

Cyclamen- Cyclamen is a flowering perennial that produces beautiful upswept flowers. This plant is commonly grown in home gardens for its distinct and elegant flowers. Cyclamen can also be grown indoors in pots or containers.

Iris- Iris is a flowering plant that comes in many varieties. There are some late winter flowering varieties of Iris that can grown for beautiful blooms during the cold season.

Winter Honeysuckle- Winter Honeysuckle is a flowering shrub that produces creamy white colored flowers during winter season. The blooms are extremely fragrant and generally remain on the shrub till early spring. The shrub is also known for its dark bluish green leaves.

Cornus- Cornus is commonly known as Dogwood and it comes in many varieties. It produces white, pink or red colored showy flowers.

Red Twig Dogwood- Red Twig Dogwood is also known as American Dogwood and it is known for its beautiful red colored stems during winter season. It is deciduous shrub that loses the foliage during winter season and displays red colored stems.

Viburnum- Viburnum is also a flowering shrub that has many varieties. The shrub bears beautiful and tiny red colored berries during winter season making it a great option for a winter garden.

Some other great plants and shrubs that bring a lot of color to the surroundings during winter season are Winter Jasmine, Burning Bush, Holly, Crocus, Anemone, Narcissus, etc. Most of the winter flowering plants can also be grown as house plants so you can bring them indoors to decorate the rooms during holiday season.