Forsythia

Forsythia x intermedia
Forsythia's yellow flowers add a burst of color to the late winter or early spring landscapes. Branches can be picked in midwinter and forced into bloom indoors, making it one of the earliest of cut flowers. The plants when given enough room to grow without pruning, they take on a graceful appearance. They make an excellent informal shrub border, and taller varieties can be espaliered or trained into shapes against a wall. They tolerate poor growing conditions. Forsythias thrive in zones 5-9 in almost any type of soil. They do will in full sun or light shade. For hedges, space plants 4 to 6 feet apart.

Jelena Witch Hazel

Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’
A vase-shaped deciduous shrub with clusters of large, fragrant, bright coppery-orange flowers on bare stems in late winter. The tiered branches of this award-winning form of witch hazel contrast well with the vertical stems of dogwood. It makes an ideal specimen plant for a sunny shrub border or woodland edge. Plant along with a winter-flowering viburnum, such as V. bodnantense 'Dawn', and enjoy the spectacle of two shrubs clothed in a mass of very different but complementary delicate flowers. They are also both highly fragrant which makes winter walks in the garden a heady delight.

Pink Dawn Viburnum

Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Pink Dawn’
Wonderful show year-round! Fragrant pink blossoms brighten spring, rich green foliage in summer, beautiful scarlet foliage color and blue fruit in fall! Excellent ornamental accent. Deciduous shrub. Moderate grower.Bring year-round beauty to your garden with this fine shrub. Plant near a walkway or front door, where you can enjoy its fragrant winter blooms. Small enough to include in the tiniest of gardens.

Candytuft

Good clumping growth habit on this evergreen perennial with abundant, long-lasting, large white flowers. Great when used in rock gardens or for edging. A profusion of bright, lacy white flowers complement neat mounds of deep green evergreen foliage. Attracts butterflies to the garden. Beautiful cascading over stones or planted at garden's edge. Shear after blooming for best appearance.

Lenten Rose

A gardener's dream plant. Virtually carefree. Large flowers bloom in shades of red, purple, yellow and white over an incredibly long bloom period. Use in the shady border or garden.

Creeping Phlox

Masses of dainty, deep pinkish-rose flowers provide a beautiful display each spring. Green, needlelike foliage forms low, evergreen mats excellent for edging, cascading over walls, or as a ground cover.

Lithodora

Stunning deep blue flowers complement evergreen mounds of silvery foliage. Low-growing habit is ideal at garden's edge, as a ground cover, in rock gardens, and cascading over stone walls.