Top 10 plants for fall-winter planters

No question of giving up flower boxes in autumn and winter. There’s nothing like a window sill, a terrace or a small balcony to place flower pots that will brighten up a gray day.

Focus on plants that can withstand falling temperatures while bringing color to our exteriors.

1. Sedge: the luminous

This grass has evergreen foliage whose blond reflections brighten up the compositions. It is the ideal basis for a decor that lasts; it can remain permanently in the planters, accompanied by different plants throughout the seasons.

2. Ivy: the economical

It dresses up planters, fills gaps, brings color and light when chosen with variegated foliage. Easy to maintain and economical, it can also be left in a container all year round. On the other hand, custom says that it attracts spiders.

3. Skimmia japonica: a fruit tree

This small shrub is known for the explosion of red fruits that follows its spring flowering. Its purple berries are also accompanied by interesting foliage because it is persistent and aromatic…

4. Fescue: in clumps

There are several varieties, but it is blue or glaucous fescue (Fetuca glauca) which is best suited to winter decors. Its electric icy tone and the blur of its tufts make it a decorative element that can be used alone or in association with other plants with more defined contours.

5. Wintergreen: the resistant one

This small shrub with evergreen foliage forms berries that look like small white or pink apples. Their spongy texture allows them to resist freezing in winter.

6. The Pansy: Sweet Specimen

This rustic little flower is available in a multiplicity of colors and brightens up planters from fall through summer. However, she appreciates having her feet mulched to protect her from the cold.

7. The maritime cineraria: frosted version

A shrub with branched stems and evergreen, woolly leaves, of a beautiful white to silver color. An alternative? The Clocephalus.

8. Calune: the most common

This is the common heather, whose spikes of small white, pink or purple flowers can turn brown, but remain on the plants all winter.

9. The dwarf fir: mini

There are a number of dwarf conifers (false cypress, dwarf spruce, juniper, dwarf blue fir) that maintain their compact shape throughout their life.

10. Ornamental cabbage: edible

Its lively and warm foliage or in white tones attracts the eye on the balconies. Its longevity is not its only quality: its foliage can be eaten, raw or cooked.

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