What plants grow best during cold season?

Answer 1

Hostas, Hostas Hostas. You just have to trim them every end or beginning of the winter and let them do the rest. There are many varieties and patterns and when they get too big you can split them. Hostas are wonderful!! They grow beautifully in pots, winter over well (left mine outdoors over winter in Portland, Oregon, trimmed it back when it went to sleep and it's doubly gorgeous this year), they're very low maintenance and come in countless varieties to add interest to shadier spots. "Best" plants means something different to everyone. You didn't say what the light levels are that you have to work with, or how cold your winters get; you need to be conscious of that when choosing plants. It also depends on whether you're doing container gardening or planting something permanent in the ground, how much variety and color you want and how much work you want to do to maintain it...the possiblities are endless. Trial & error is the best way to find what works for you. I have a huge container garden with a mix of annuals & perennials; I could go on forever about all the different varieties, but the two bamboos (confined to large pots) did well over the winter, the passion vine is in its second year and blooming beautifully, the banana plant (wrapped in bubble wrap and mulch over winter) is fantastic, as well as the star jasmine... A wide variety of cold-hardy plants, bushes & trees can be found at http://www.onegreenworld.com. Hope this helps! Cold winters in Pennsylvania, but best to grow are tulips, daffodils, forsythia, butterfly bush, thyme for low growing ground cover, for a very large 6ft tall backgroud plant joepyeweed is great, you must trim it down so your get spurts of flowers on the lower parts, you can find this for free anywhere ground is moist, like gutters, streams etc. Tiger lilies, and if you do not want to plant alot of flowers you can't go wrong with shrubs, you can always cut these back ....Another Answer There are a large variety of trees, shrubs, roses, spring bulbs, lilies, ground covers and perennials that thrive in cold climates with little maintenance! First, determine what growing "Zone" you are in. I live in Canada where our winter temperatures fall below -35*C and summer temperatures can reach +33*C with a short growing season, Canadian Zone 3. Since our air is dry here, most hostas do best in the shade and perennials in patio pots normally die due to frozen roots. Zone-appropriate perennials do survive in the ground very well! Resource the larger, more reputable greenhouses in your area for plants best suited for where you live, light & soil conditions in your yard and how to overwinter the plants.

Answer 2

Evergreens grow all year long!