Plants for Fall and Winter Color (flowers, berries)

Here in California, there are hundreds of plants that can offer a garden bright spot during the cold, foggy, overcast days of late fall and winter. Here are some of the best that are most widely adapted throughout the Central Valley, Bay Area and low foothills.

For more information about these plants, refer to the Sunset Plant Finder.

ANNUALS, PERENNIALS:

Snapdragon

Alyssum

Calendula

Cornflower

Chrysanthemum

Clarkia

Euryops

Kniphofia

Larkspur

Dianthus

African Daisy (Dimorphotheca)

California Poppy (Eschscholzia)

Globe Candytuft (Iberis)

Sweet Pea (Lathryus)

Penstemon

Linaria

Stock (Matthiola)

Forget-Me-Not

Nemesia

Iceland Poppy

Primrose

Viola

Pansy

SHRUBS

Abelia

Butterfly Bush

Euryops

Camellia

Escallonia

Fuchsia

Hibiscus

Lavatera (Tree Mallow)

Oleander

Cape Plumbago

Rose

Sage (Salvia)

Princess Flower (Tibouchina)

Acacia

Cassia

Chaenomeles (Flowring Quince)

Geraldton Waxflower

Wintersweet

Daphne

Winter Hazel (Corylopsis)

Heath (Erica)

Poinsettia (Euphorbia)

Forsythia

Jasmine (some)

Viburnum (Some)

Toyon

Cotoneaster

Pyracantha

VINES

Coral Vine

Clematis

Trumpet Vine (Distictis)

Honeysuckle (Lonicera)

Evergreen Wisteria (Millettia)

Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium)

Hardenbergia

Jasmine (some)

TREES

Bauhinia

Acacia

Coral Tree (Erythrina)

Japanese Flowering Apricot

Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia)