Garden Plants in Flower January | Flowers Colour Shrubs Perennials Bulbs 

We need to know about SHRUBS...
Chimonanthus praecox |  Cornus mas | Coronilla |  Daphne spp | Erica carnea and others | Mahonias | Hamamelis |  Skimmias | Viburnums | Edgeworthia | Camellias | Clematis cirrhosa etc | Winter Lonicera - shrubby types | Acacia | Abeliophyllum | Chimonanthus | Corylus | Rhododendrons | Azaleas | Sarcococca | Ulex - Gorse |and many many more.....

We need to know about PERENNIALS incl BULBS...

Eranthis - Winter Aconite | Trillium sessile types | Pulsatilla | Hellebores | Bergenia | Galanthus - snowdrops | Euphorbia | Epimedium |

 

This is just a sample from January past. Help us update it with January present!

January
1st

• Garrya elliptica - The Silk Tassel Bush, so-named because of its pendant grey green tassels in mid winter. Ideal wall shrub. A good start to January flowering plants. It will certainly go through to the end of January - and probably beyond.

• Camellias assorted - January is normally the start of Camellia flowering, though some will have delighted in December

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• Viburnum davidii berries. This shrub has many uses, and the evergreen foliage is distinctive enough to be of interest throughout the year.

• Edgeworthia chrysantha - The 'Paper Bush' There are golden yellow (E. chrysantha) and red flowered types Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Red Dragon'. The image shows the buds before full opening of the flowers.

Lonicera fragrantissima - Winter flowering honeysuckle

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• 2nd Vinca minor 'Alba' - This I would normally describe as a spring/summer flowering plant, but it was happy to put on a flower show on a bitterly cold January 2nd.

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 Iris foetidissima - Seedpod

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• 3rd Euonymus japonicus - berries - Evergreen Shrub used as seaside screen planting or as hedge. Rarely sets seed, which is how it found itself on this page.

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• 4th Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane - A stunning red flowered Witch Hazel that is happy to flower mid-winter come what may! There will be many of these to see in January.

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• 5th Hamamelis 'Pallida' - A slightly more upright growing form of this yellow-flowering winter shrub.

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• 6th Euphorbia characias 'Lambrook Gold' - One of the best yellow flowered upright Euphorbias. - Good all through the year one way or another.

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• 7th Jasminum nudiflorum - The Winter Flowering Jasmine. Golden flowers arching over whatever the January weather!

• Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena'

• Helleborus niger - the Christmas Rose  -

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• 8th Cyclamen coum hybrids - This is the hardy Cyclamen that flower at the same time as having foliage, unlike its cousin - Cyclamen hederifolia - which flowers in autumn - before the foliage emerges.

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• 9th Helleborus foetidus In spite of its name, this is quite a useful perennial - especially for this time of the year

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• 10th Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis Rosea' Known as the Autumn or Winter flowering Cherry - much depends upon the season.

• Winter Aconite - Erathis hyemalis Member of the Buttercup Family - but flowers mid-winter

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• 11th Cornus sanguinea Midwinter Fire - A well deserved name for this mass of colourful stems.

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• 12th Skimmia japonicum 'Reevesianum' Never fails to please with its steady show of berries

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• 13th Cotoneaster lacteus  - One of the best berrying Cotoneasters - if you have the space.

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• 14th Rhododendron macronulatam - This is a stunning - yet small flowered - Rhododendron, photographed here after a very frosty morning in January.

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• 15th This image Hamamelis x intermedia Nymans
• Hamamelis The Witch Hazels are in a class of their own when it comes to winter flowering plants.

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• 16th Dead Grasses Certainly did not run out of ideas by using this group. Most of the ornamental grasses are good for winter interest and colour.

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• 17th Rosmarinus lavanduloides - Prostrata I could have got this flowering shot for many months of the year!

Miscanthus sin. 'Kaskade' putting on a great show of drooping seedheads.
Hamamelis everywhere I look - all looking good on January 17

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• 18th Cornus stolonifera Flaviramea The secret for spectacular stems on Cornus is in the pruning.

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• 19th Cornus alba Sibirica As above - a stunning show of colour.

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• 20th Rubus cockburnianus More subtle than the dogwoods, but happy to brighten up a shady spot

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• 21st Acer griseum It is not only flowers that appeal during this month. The bark on the Maple always a good feature

• Hamamelis x intermedia 'Vezna'

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• 22nd Pyracantha Orange Charmer. Many different types with a wide range of berries. Evergreen at that.

Daphne bholua Full of sweet scented pink mauve flowers. getting a lot of attention and'sniffers.
Catkins galore on an Alder tree - Alnus cordata
Lonicera fragrantissima very full of itself with masses of white flowers.
Helleborus sternii 'Boughton Beauty' just past its best, but still good for a late January offering.
Camellias aplenty - in such a wide range of colours. The C. williamsii are just starting to take over from C. sasanqua types.
Galanthus - snowdrops - are not going to be outdone by anything.
Sarcococca humilis 'Winter Beauty' - I believe - is absolutely stunning - and such a heady scent.
A nice group of Eranthis hyemalis are braving the weather and have much flower to come yet.

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• 23rd Rhododendron 'Molten Gold' Unusual foliage for a Rhododendron, nut deep red flowers later also.

A Rosmarinus is determined to make the January page - only a few flowers yet, but the blue flowers are welcome in January.

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• 24th Hedera Goldheart - A houseplant special, but good outdoors.

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• 25th Hedera colchica dentata Aurea This Ivy will cover anything with a bright mass of pale creamy yellow evergreen foliage.

Camellia japonica 'Noblissima'

• Hamamelis x intermedia 'Sunburst'

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• 26th Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrops) Plant them right, and you will have a good show of snowdrops each spring.

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• 27th Viburnum x bodnantense Charles Lamont - Even at this bud stage there were traces of the gorgeous scent to follow!

Garrya elliptica 'James Roof' with 8-9in (20-22cm) long catkins.

• Helleborus orientalis 'Burgundy'

• Helleborus orientalis - White

Camellia japonica 'Joshua E Youtz'

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• 28th Hebe Pink Elephant. The flowers are nowt to shout about, but look at this foliage!

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29th Camellia sasanqua 'Jean May' Every space on this page could have been filled with the many different Camellias that flower through January - non moreso then the 'sasanqua' group. Every day of this month could easily have a different Camellia in flower - next month also.

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• 30th Brunnera macrophylla - a Forget-me Not - it is not - but very similar - and a lover of shade!

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• 31st Pittosporum tenuifolium Tom Thumb. January 31st and it had decided to send out it's first flush of new growth. The green buds against the bronze foliage looked good.