Flowers during winter

Snow, sleet and high winds make it hard for gardeners to get outside in winter. Add color to your frost-covered flower garden with these winter wonders.

We’ve dug up 10 plants striking enough to take center stage in your flower garden in late winter and into early spring. Bloom times can range from January in the south to March or April farther north. Any of them will make your backyard winter wonderland seem warmer and brighter in this dark, dreary season.

1. Cyclamen
2. Winter heat
3. Ornamental cabbage 
4. Witch Hazel
5. Winter aconite
6. Snowdrop
7. Early scilla
8. Crocus
9. Dwarf iris
10. Hellebore