The 10 best winter interest shrubs to have in your garden. Including evergreen shrubs, flowering shrubs and shrubs with stem colour. By www.stottsnursery.co.uk

1. 10 Best Winter Shrubs
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2. 1- Cornus (Dogwood)
• Cornus is great for providing winter stem colour. Leaves drop in autumn
and the bright, colourful young stems are revealed in all their glory.
• Plant in any sunny position in moist, free draining soil. They don't like
any soil that is too dry.
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3. 2- Salix (Willow)
• Willows are also great for
providing winter stem colour.
Leaves drop in autumn and the
bright, colourful young stems are
revealed, before decorative
catkins form in spring.
• Plant in moist soil in full sun.
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4. 3- Ilex (Holly)
• Hollies are usually evergreen and
many have attractive berries in
winter. Ilex x altaclerensis 'Golden
King' is a good example. Birds love
the berries and they are great for
making Christmas decorations!
• Plant in moist, well drained soil in
full sun.
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5. 4- Mahonia x media
• Mahonia x media is an evergreen
shrub with scented, yellow winter
flowers. Attractive, dusty blue berries
follow flowers. Leaves are toothed,
with young growth starting out
bronze and ageing to dark green.
• Plant in full or part shade in moist,
well drained soil.
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6. 5- Lonicera fragrantissima
• A semi-evergreen, upright shrub
with fragrant, white flowers
appearing in late winter. Light
green foliage follows in spring.
• Plant in full sun or part shade in
moist, well drained soil.
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7. 6- Viburnum tinus
• Viburnum tinus is a compact,
evergreen shrub with dark green
leaves. It produces pale
pink/white flowers in late winter
for a long period throughout
spring.
• Plant in any moist, well drained
soil in full sun or partial shade.
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8. 7- Pyracantha
• Pyracantha is an evergreen shrub
which produces fantastic red,
orange or yellow berries in autumn
and winter. Train against a wall or
grow freestanding. Thorny stems
make this plant great for use as an
intruder deterrent.
• Plant in full sun or part-shade in
moist, well drained soil.
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9. 8- Sarcococca hookeriana
• A clump forming, winter flowering
shrub. Highly scented, creamy white
flowers are produced on stems during
winter months and followed by blue-
black fruit. Leaves are dark green.
• Plant in shade or part shade in moist,
well drained soil.
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10. 9- Cotoneaster horizontalis
• C. horizontalis is a deciduous
spreading shrub. It had small green
leaves which turn red before
dropping in autumn. Small white
flowers are produced in spring,
followed by bright red berries in
autumn and winter. Bees love the
flowers and birds love the berries.
• Plant in full sun in fertile, well
drained soil.
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11. 10- Euonymus fortunei
• This small shrub has bright green
leaves with golden edges, which
are tinged pink in winter. It can
be grown as a free standing
shrub, trimmed as a piece of
topiary or grown as a hedge.
• Plant in full sun in moist, well
drained soil.
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