During the cold, dark winter months, there are several winter flowering plants that bring color and life to your garden. While many plants are dormant in winter, winter flowering plants bloom during this very period. They provide food for pollinators such as bees and bumblebees, who are looking for nectar and pollen in early spring.

One of the best winter flowering plants is Winter Honeysuckle, a woody shrub with fragrant, creamy white flowers that are later followed by red berries. Christmas rose, the first Helleborus to bloom, has large white flowers. Winter pansies are low-growing perennials with striking flowers larger than those of other pansy species, combined with heart-shaped leaves. Winter acorns bloom with golden yellow flowers and spread quickly through the garden, forming a beautiful, golden carpet when the first snowdrops bloom. The Pepper Tree is a colorful shrub with small flowers in shades of red or pink.

Winter Clematis, a perennial climber, has cream-colored flowers with a subtle citrus scent. For winter window boxes, winter-flowering Heather is an excellent choice. Snowball has strongly fragrant, pale pink flowers, while Winter Jasmine brightens up the fence or wall with star-shaped, yellow flowers. Finally, Witch Hazel, with its spider-like flowers in a variety of colors, adds a wonderful fragrance to the garden.

These winter flowering plants attract not only our attention, but also that of winter bumblebees and bees, which love to visit them in search of nectar.