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5 things to add to your Landscape that will bring color and life to a dreary Wisconsin Winter
5 Things to add to your Landscape that will Bring Color and Life to a Dreary Wisconsin Winter
If you are like many of us, you dread the thought of winter. You hate the idea of a cold, lifeless, colorless, and dreary day. Well, even though winter is dreadful; especially where I am from in Milwaukee Wisconsin, there are still a few landscaping tips that you can use to bring a little life and color to your winter.
1) Landscape with Pine and Spruce Trees, nothing will liven up a winter landscape like a hillside lined with Eastern White Pines, or the refreshing color of a healthy Colorado Blue Spruce. Used in the right areas, such as planting on berms or on hill sides, these trees will bring privacy and interest to your home and give you the feeling that you are up north, in a cabin tucked away in the in the woods.
2) Dont forget about Broadleaf Evergreen Shrubs. They can do wonders to bring a little life to your winter flower beds. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of broadleaf evergreens that will survive the Wisconsin winters. But a few of the broadleaf evergreen shrubs and plants that will survive are some select strains of hollies, rhodendrums, boxwood, barberry, and winter creeper. Keep in mind that boxwood and rhodendrums are especially sensitive to strong chilling winter winds.
3) Even though you might have lost the colorful leaves, consider the color of the fruit left behind. Many berry producing trees will hold onto their fruit until the mid winter, bringing color to your landscape and food for the wildlife. Crabapples are especially good for this; they have a small bright red crab apple that will normally stay on the tree until mid winter. Hollies are another shrub that will also produce a bright red berry. Mountain Ash is another tree that produces a bright berry and will feed many birds, but the berries can be a bit of a mess, so it is not recommended to plant over a patio or driveway. The Mountain Ash is not susceptible to the Emerald Ash Borer, but does have its own problems with certain diseases, but a beautiful tree none the less.
4) Choose trees with interesting bark. This can do wonders to add a little interest to your dreary winter landscape. Choose trees that have interesting ex-foliating bark; such as River Birch, China Snow Lilac, and Paper Bark Maple Trees.
5) Consider the color of the bark. While brown can be boring for a winter landscape, you can add color with shrubs and trees with bright red bark. Some options are Coral Bark Japanese Maple Trees, Salix Flame Willows, and Red Twig Dogwoods.
Well I hope I was able to give you some tips to make your winter a little more enjoyable. Give your local landscaper a call to show you how these trees can be worked into your landscape plans. Happy Landscaping!
If you are like many of us, you dread the thought of winter. You hate the idea of a cold, lifeless, colorless, and dreary day. Well, even though winter is dreadful; especially where I am from in Milwaukee Wisconsin, there are still a few landscaping tips that you can use to bring a little life and color to your winter.
1) Landscape with Pine and Spruce Trees, nothing will liven up a winter landscape like a hillside lined with Eastern White Pines, or the refreshing color of a healthy Colorado Blue Spruce. Used in the right areas, such as planting on berms or on hill sides, these trees will bring privacy and interest to your home and give you the feeling that you are up north, in a cabin tucked away in the in the woods.
2) Dont forget about Broadleaf Evergreen Shrubs. They can do wonders to bring a little life to your winter flower beds. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of broadleaf evergreens that will survive the Wisconsin winters. But a few of the broadleaf evergreen shrubs and plants that will survive are some select strains of hollies, rhodendrums, boxwood, barberry, and winter creeper. Keep in mind that boxwood and rhodendrums are especially sensitive to strong chilling winter winds.
3) Even though you might have lost the colorful leaves, consider the color of the fruit left behind. Many berry producing trees will hold onto their fruit until the mid winter, bringing color to your landscape and food for the wildlife. Crabapples are especially good for this; they have a small bright red crab apple that will normally stay on the tree until mid winter. Hollies are another shrub that will also produce a bright red berry. Mountain Ash is another tree that produces a bright berry and will feed many birds, but the berries can be a bit of a mess, so it is not recommended to plant over a patio or driveway. The Mountain Ash is not susceptible to the Emerald Ash Borer, but does have its own problems with certain diseases, but a beautiful tree none the less.
4) Choose trees with interesting bark. This can do wonders to add a little interest to your dreary winter landscape. Choose trees that have interesting ex-foliating bark; such as River Birch, China Snow Lilac, and Paper Bark Maple Trees.
5) Consider the color of the bark. While brown can be boring for a winter landscape, you can add color with shrubs and trees with bright red bark. Some options are Coral Bark Japanese Maple Trees, Salix Flame Willows, and Red Twig Dogwoods.
Well I hope I was able to give you some tips to make your winter a little more enjoyable. Give your local landscaper a call to show you how these trees can be worked into your landscape plans. Happy Landscaping!
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