Witt Winter Garden

1)  Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’         Bloodtwig Dogwood

• Young stems of this cultivar are orange-yellow with the sunny side turning carmine red.
• Stem color of species is gray to purple, while the color of C.s. ‘Midwinter Fire’ is yellow-green in summer changing to winter colors rapidly at leaf drop in fall.

2)  Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Pallida’             Witch Hazel

• This hybrid of H. japonica and H. mollis was selected for its pale sulfur-yellow flowers which tend to glow in the low light levels of morning and evening.
• Cultivars of witch hazel can have flower colors from pale yellow to deep red, some being quite fragrant while others are much less so.

3)  Lonicera standishii                   Honeysuckle

• This semi-evergreen shrub bears fragrant flowers from early winter to early spring.
• Lonicera standishii is native to China.

4)  Ruscus aculeatus                    Butcher’s Broom

• Lacking true leaves, what you are seeing are called “cladophylls” which are simply flattened stems.
• The flowers of this plant are dioecious, only 2 mm across and are located in the center of the cladophylls.
• Butcher’s Broom is native to Europe, Turkey, North Africa and the Azores.

5)  Viburnum tinus ‘Pink Prelude’                Laurustinus

• This species has been cultivated in England since the 16th century.
• V.t. ‘Pink Prelude’ has white flowers that age to pink.
• The flowers of laurustinus are followed by small, but showy metallic-blue fruit.