Plants of the Season - December

This section is to act as a guide of when interest or certain features of a plant are generally expected and is based on our research and observations in the garden.

This may vary by region and from year to year. Unusual or extreme weather and/or differences in climate may cause a plant to grow or flower in an unexpected manner.

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Cyclamen hederifolium
Ivy-leaved Cyclamen
Mahonia japonica
Mahonia x media
'Winter Sun'
Oregon Grape 'Winter Sun'
Vinca difformis
'Ruby Baker'
Mahonia bealei
'Silver Back'
Cornus sanguinea
'Anny's Winter Orange'
Mahonia x media
'Underway'
Oregon Grape 'Underway'
Helleborus niger
Christmas Rose
Picea breweriana
Brewer's Weeping Spruce
Quercus ilex
Holm Oak
Cedrus atlantica
'Glauca'
Blue Atlas Cedar
Acer griseum
Paper-bark Maple
Taxus baccata
Yew
Pinus x schwerinii
Mahoberberis aquisargentii
Pinus mugo
Mountain Pine
Taxus baccata
'Fastigiata'
Irish Yew
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Douglas Fir
Liquidambar styraciflua
'Gum Ball'
Sweet Gum 'Gum Ball'
Cryptomeria japonica
'Sekkan-sugi'
Abies numidica
Algerian Fir
Chamaecyparis pisifera
'Filifera'
Threadleaf False Cypress
Phlomis leucophracta
Golden Janissary
Chamaecyparis obtusa
'Fernspray Gold'
Hinomaki Cypress 'Fernspray Gold'
Cotoneaster
'Streib's Findling'
Panicum amarum
'Dewey Blue'
Bitter Switchgrass
Cedrus atlantica
'Glauca Pendula'
Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar
Cupressus arizonica var.glabra
'Fastigiata'
Cedrus deodara
'Pendula'
Himalayacalamus falconeri
Noble Bamboo
Picea orientalis
'Aurea'
Golden Oriental Spruce
Phyllostachys aurea
Fishpole Bamboo
Sarcococca confusa
Christmas Box
Sarcococca hookeriana
'Winter Gem'
Sweet Box 'Winter Gem'
Pinus patula
Mexican Weeping Pine
Astelia chathamica
Silver Spear
Corokia cotoneaster
Wire Netting Bush
Stachyurus chinensis
Berberis valdiviana
Daphniphyllum macropodum
Mahonia eurybracteata
'Sweet Winter'
Fatsia polycarpa
Neolitsea sericea
Fatsia japonica
Japanese Aralia
Fatsia japonica
'Spider's Web'
Hedera colchica
'Dendroides'
Ligustrum japonicum
'Rotundifolium'
Curlyleaf Privet
Ilex crenata
'Shiro-fukurin'
Japanese Holly 'Shiro-fukurin'
Blechnum chilense
Chilean Hard Fern
Prunus lusitanica
Portugal Laurel
Prunus laurocerasus
Cherry Laurel
Vinca minor
Lesser Periwinkle
Picea abies
Norway Spruce
Trochodendron aralioides
Wheel Tree
Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart's Tongue Fern
Mahonia eurybracteata subsp. ganpinensis
'Soft Caress'
Stewartia pseudocamellia
Japanese Stewartia
Pinus nigra subsp. laricio
Corsican Pine
Saxifraga x urbium
London's Pride
Cordyline indivisa
Mountain Palm
Abies concolor
Colorado White Fir
Phlomis fruticosa
Jerusalem Sage
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Giant Redwood
Juniperus
'Grey Owl'
Cornus sericea
'Hedgerows Gold'
Redosier Dogwood 'Hedgerows Gold'
Corydalis temulifolia
'Chocolate Stars'
Betula
'Fascination'
Birch 'Fascination'
Betula utilis
'Mount Luoji'
Himalayan Birch 'Mount Luoji'
Prunus laurocerasus
'Novita'
Cherry Laurel 'Novita'
Betula ermanii
'Grayswood Hill'
Erman's Birch 'Grayswood Hill'
Betula nigra
'Heritage ('Cully')'
River Birch 'Heritage'
Betula utilis
'Ramdana River'
Himalayan Birch 'Ramdana River'
Betula utilis
'Wakehurst Place Chocolate'
Birch 'Wakehurst Place Chocolate'
Carpinus betulus
'Folis Argenteovariegatis Pendula'
Betula utilis var.jacquemontii
'Doorenbos'
Himalayan Birch 'Doorenbos'
Pinus wallichiana
'Glauca'
Bhutan Pine 'Glauca'
Prunus serrula
Tibetan Cherry
Pseudotsuga menziesii
'Glauca Pendula'
Weeping Blue Douglas Fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
'Serpentine'
Contorted Douglas Fir
Sequoiadendron giganteum
'Glaucum'
Giant Redwood 'Glaucum'
Berberis panlanensis
'Cally Rose'
Camellia japonica
'Nuccio's Gem'
Cryptomeria japonica
'Elegans'
Japanese Cedar 'Elegans'
Ageratina ligustrina
Privet-leaved Ageratina
Helleborus lividus
'White Marble'
Majorcan Hellebore 'White Marble'
Miscanthus nepalensis
Himalayan Fairy Grass
Pileostegia viburnoides
Ribes laurifolium
'Mrs Amy Doncaster'
Laurel-leaved Currant 'Mrs Amy Doncaster'
Rosa
'Polyantha Grandiflora'
Rose 'Polyantha Grandiflora'
Rosa
'Felicite et Perpetue'
Rose 'Felicite et Perpetue'
Hepatica nobilis var.pyrenaica
Hepatica nobilis var.pubescens
Kesuhamaso
Helleborus
'Pippa's Purple'
Hellebore 'Pippa's Purple'
Aucuba omeiensis
Chinese Laurel
Berberis insignis var.insignis
Camellia rosthorniana
'Elina'
Camellia 'Cupido'
Hepatica transsilvanica
Bergenia
'Bach'
Elephant's Ears 'Bach'
Itea ilicifolia
Holly Sweet Spire
Juniperus recurva var.coxii
Coffin Juniper
Bergenia
'Eden's Magic Giant'
Elephant's Ears 'Eden's Magic Giant'
Choisya ternata
Mexican Orange Blossom
Skimmia x confusa
'Kew Green'
Omphalodes cappadocica
'Cherry Ingram'
Navelwort 'Cherry Ingram'
Sophora
'Sun King'
Kowhai 'Sun King'
Ceanothus
'Concha'
Californian Lilac 'Concha'
Phlomis chrysophylla
Golden-leaved Jerusalem Sage
Phlomis
'Edward Bowles'
Jerusalem Sage 'Edward Bowles'
Ballota pseudodictamnus
False Dittany
Escallonia revoluta
Pinus strobus
'Tiny Kurls'
Pittosporum tenuifolium
'Silver Queen'
Artemisia
'Powis Castle'
Wormwood 'Powis Castle'
Daphne bholua
'Darjeeling'
Iris unguicularis
Algerian Winter Iris
Rhododendron edgeworthii
Hebe
'Kew Feather'
Shrubby Veronica 'Kew Feather'
Hebe
'Wingletye'
Shrubby Veronica 'Wingletye'
Leptospermum grandiflorum
Large-flowered Tea Tree
Mahonia pallida
Miscanthus sinensis
'Starlight'
Magnolia martinii
Santolina chamaecyparissus
Cotton Lavender
Santolina pinnata subsp. neapolitana
'Sulphurea'
Rosemary-Leaved Cotton Lavender
Santolina rosmarinifolia
Asplenium scolopendrium
'Ramomarginatum Group'
Daphne bholua
'Limpsfield'
Bergenia
'Wintermarchen'
Elephant's Ears 'Wintermarchen'
Erysimum
'Bowles's Mauve'
Wallflower 'Bowles's Mauve'
Corydalis ochroleuca
Pale Corydalis
Pinus strobus
'Nana'
Dwarf Eastern White Pine
Danae racemosa
Alexandrian Laurel
Senecio candidans
'Angel Wings '
Shining-white Ragwort
Daphne bholua
'Mary Rose'
Rubus squarrosus
Leafless Lawyer
Daphne bholua
'Garden House Ghost'
Berberis trigona
'Orange King'
Barberry 'Orange King'
Hippophae rhamnoides
Sea Buckthorn
Taxus baccata
'Adpressa Aurea'
Cortaderia richardii
Toetoe
Kniphofia caulescens
Lesotho Red Hot Poker
Azara microphylla
'Variegata'
Variegated Box-leaf Azara
Teucrium fruticans
Tree Germander
Kniphofia northiae
Broad-leaved Poker
Garrya flavescens
Ashy Silktassel
Miscanthus sinensis var.condensatus
'Cosmopolitan'
Eulalia 'Cosmopolitan'
Cyperus papyrus
Egyptian Paper Reed
Cunninghamia lanceolata
'Glauca'
China Fir 'Glauca'
Daphne
'White Queen'
Camellia japonica
'Adeyaka'
Daphne odora
'Aureomarginata'
Daphne tangutica
Olearia macrodonta
New Zealand Holly
Hoheria sexstylosa
Lacebark
Viburnum odoratissimum
Blechnum spicant
Hard Fern
Daphne bholua
'Peter Smithers'
Rhododendron griersonianum
Rhododendron
'Anna Baldsiefen'
Phlomis italica
Balearic Island Sage
Skimmia japonica
'Rubella'
Grevillea victoriae
Royal Grevillea
Acacia melanoxylon
Blackwood
Olea europaea
Olive
Olearia virgata var.lineata
Photinia x fraseri
'Red Robin'
Magnolia delavayi
Acaena inermis
'Purpurea'
Purple Spineless Acaena
Juniperus deppeana
Alligator Juniper
Chrysanthemum
'Bretforton Road'
Cyrtomium falcatum
'Rochfordianum'
Japanese Holly Fern 'Rochfordianum'
Ilex aquifolium
'Limsi'
Holly 'Limsi'
Ilex canariensis
Small-leaved Holly
Pinus montezumae
Montezuma Pine
Pittosprorum tenuifolium
'Silver Sheen'
Acer
'White Tigress'
Maple 'White Tigress'
Pinus bhutanica
Bhutan Pine
Phyllostachys nigra
Black Bamboo
Picea pungens
'Hoopsii '
Colorado Spruce
Saxifraga umbrosa
True London Pride
Magnolia grandiflora
'Kay Parris'
Bull Bay 'Kay Parris'
Buxus microphylla
'Faulkner'
Small-leaved Box
Lonicera elisae
Daphne mezereum var.rubra
Red Mezereon
Helleborus
'Ice N' Roses White'
Snow Rose
Crocus
'Ard Schenk'
Helleborus x hybridus
Lenten Rose
Helleborus argutifolius
Corsican Hellebore
Edgeworthia chrysantha
'Grandiflora'
Paperbush
Camellia japonica
'Kimberley'
Nonea lutea
Yellow Monkswort
Hacquetia epipactis
Crocus
'Ruby Giant'
Crocus biflorus
'Blue Pearl'
Crocus 'Blue Pearl'
Iris
'Katharine Hodgkin'
Daphne bholua
'Jacqueline Postill'
Edgeworthia chrysantha
'Red Dragon'
Paperbush 'Red Dragon'
Daphne
'Spring Beauty'
Iris
'George'
Reticulata Iris 'George'
Iris
'Harmony'
Reticulata Iris 'Harmony'
Galanthus
'Cowhouse Green'
Snowdrop 'Cowhouse Green'
Galanthus
'Magnet'
Snowdrop 'Magnet'
Crocus
'Romance'
Galanthus plicatus
'Duckie'
Snowdrop 'Duckie'
Galanthus
'S. Arnott'
Galanthus 'S. Arnott'
Eranthis hyemalis
'Schwefelglanz'
Winter Aconite 'Schwefelglanz'
Crocus tommasinianus
Early Crocus
Galanthus
'Dionysus'
Snowdrop 'Dionysus'
Galanthus
'Primrose Warburg'
Snowdrop 'Primrose Warburg'
Salix gracilistyla
'Mount Aso'
Willow 'Mount Aso'
Camellia x williamsii
'Jury's Yellow'
Camellia 'Jury's Yellow'
Daphne bholua
'Hazel Edwards'
Camellia
'Doctor Clifford Parks'
Camellia japonica
'Adolphe Audusson'
Rubus cockburnianus
'Goldenvale'
White-stemmed Bramble 'Goldenvale'
Rubus thibetanus
Ghost Bramble
Hamamelis x intermedia
'Ripe Corn'
Witch Hazel 'Ripe Corn'
Hamamelis x intermedia
'Jelena'
Witch Hazel 'Jelena'
Galanthus nivalis
Common Snowdrop
Galanthus
'Nerissa'
Snowdrop 'Nerissa'
Galanthus nivalis
'Blonde Inge'
Snowdrop 'Blonde Inge'
Galanthus plicatus
'Diggory'
Snowdrop 'Diggory'
Galanthus elwesii
Greater Snowdrop
Galanthus
'Heffalump'
Snowdrop 'Heffalump'
Galanthus
'Hippolyta'
Snowdrop 'Hippolyta'
Galanthus
'John Gray '
Snowdrop 'John Gray'
Galanthus
'Lapwing'
Snowdrop 'Lapwing'
Galanthus elwesii
'Beluga'
Snowdrop 'Beluga'
Galanthus
'Snow Fox'
Snowdrop 'Snow Fox'
Galanthus
'Spindlestone Surprise'
Snowdrop 'Spindlestone Surprise'
Galanthus nivalis
'Viridapice'
Snowdrop 'Viridapice'
Galanthus
'Atkinsii'
Snowdrop 'Atkinsii'
Galanthus
'Benhall Beauty'
Snowdrop 'Benhall Beauty'
Galanthus
'Bertram Anderson'
Snowdrop 'Bertram Anderson'
Galanthus
'Bess'
Snowdrop 'Bess'
Galanthus
'Brenda Troyle'
Snowdrop 'Brenda Troyle'
Galanthus
'Clare Blakeway-Phillips'
Snowdrop 'Clare Blakeway-Phillips'
Galanthus
'Dymock'
Snowdrop 'Dymock'
Galanthus
'Ecusson d'Or'
Snowdrop 'Ecusson d'Or'
Galanthus elwesii
'Comet'
Snowdrop 'Comet'
Galanthus elwesii
'Godfrey Owen'
Snowdrop 'Godfrey Owen'
Galanthus elwesii
'Helen Tomlinson'
Snowdrop 'Helen Tomlinson'
Galanthus elwesii
'Long 'Drop'
Snowdrop 'Long 'Drop'
Galanthus elwesii var.elwesii
'Maidwell L'
Snowdrop 'Maidwell L'
Galanthus elwesii var.monostictus
One-spotted Elwes Snowdrop
Galanthus elwesii var.monostictus
'B. Britten'
Snowdrop 'B. Britten'
Galanthus
'Elworthy Bumble Bee'
Snowdrop 'Elworthy Bumble Bee'
Galanthus
'George Elwes'
Snowdrop 'George Elwes'
Galanthus
'Ginns' Imperati'
Snowdrop 'Ginns' Imperati'
Galanthus
'Jennifer Hewitt'
Snowdrop 'Jennifer Hewitt'
Galanthus
'Lady Beatrix Stanley'
Snowdrop 'Lady Beatrix Stanley'
Galanthus
'Little Ben'
Snowdrop 'Little Ben'
Galanthus
'Melanie Broughton'
Snowdrop 'Melanie Broughton'
Galanthus nivalis
'Green Tear'
Snowdrop 'Green Tear'
Galanthus nivalis
'Tippy Green'
Snowdrop 'Tippy Green'
Galanthus
'Peg Sharples'
Snowdrop 'Peg Sharples'
Galanthus plicatus
'Florence Baker'
Snowdrop 'Florence Baker'
Galanthus plicatus
'Madelaine'
Snowdrop 'Madelaine'
Galanthus plicatus
'Trymlet'
Snowdrop 'Trymlet'
Galanthus
'Rodmarton'
Snowdrop 'Rodmarton'
Galanthus
'Shepton Merlin'
Snowdrop 'Shepton Merlin'
Galanthus
'Sutton Court'
Snowdrop 'Sutton Court'
Galanthus
'Tubby Merlin'
Snowdrop 'Tubby Merlin'
Galanthus
'Wasp'
Snowdrop 'Wasp'
Galanthus
'William Thomson'
Snowdrop 'William Thomson'
Galanthus
'Blewbury'
Snowdrop 'Blewbury'
Iris lazica
Lazistan Iris
Hamamelis x intermedia
'Pallida'
Witch Hazel 'Pallida'
Hamamelis x intermedia
'Orange Peel'
Witch Hazel 'Orange Peel'