Bringing winter flowers inside - Part 1: An introduction

Plant Directory

Achillea millefolium

Common name: Yarrow

Alchemilla mollis

Common name: Lady's mantle

Allium schoenoprasum

Common name: Chives

Amelanchier

Common name: Shadbush

Ammi

Common name: Ami, Bishop's flower or Queen Ann's lace

Anemone

Common names: Poppy anemone, Windflower

Anemone hupehensis

Common names: Japanese anemone

Anethum graveolens

Common names: Dill

Angelica

Common names: Wild celery

Anthriscus sylvestris

Common names: Cow parsley

Antirrhinum

Common names: Snapdragon

Astrantia

Common names: Masterwort

Bringing winter flowers inside

Part 1: An introduction

We are now in our garden studio, where we work on design projects and where the garden surrounding us is a rich source of flowers and foliage to pick or dig up, even in winter. Flowering bulbs are especially suitable for digging up, bringing indoors for a few days, and returning to the garden, where they can be divided and replanted.

Your winter challenge

Bring nature home on a weekly basis - use trees, shrubs, bulbs and blossoms to inspire you and create winter arrangements.

Here are some of the best plants to use indoors in winter:

• Hellebores:
• Helleborus orientalis (common name: Lenten rose) - flowers in early winter
• Helleborus niger (common name: Christmas rose) - flowers close to Christmas
• Corsican hellebore - has bright-green flowers and foliage; it's excellent for arrangements
• Snowdrops
• Aconites
• Cyclamens
• Crocuses
• Blossom - winter-flowering cherry and quince

Plant Directory

Buxus

common name: box

Chaenomeles

common name: Japanese quince

Eranthis hyemalis

common name: aconite

Galanthus

common name: snowdrop

Helleborus argutifolius

common name: Corsican hellebore

Helleborus nigra

common name: Christmas rose

Helleborus orientalis

common name: Lenten rose

Prunus x subhirtella

common name: winter-flowering cherry