Top Notch All Year Round Trailing Plants
Verbenas can be low growing trailing groundcovers that only grow 6 to 12 inches 15-31 cm tall or they can be upright plants reaching 6 feet 2 m tall.
All year round trailing plants. In addition to offering year-round color flowering vines can be used to screen a view shade a private spot in a garden and add beauty to a post or arbor. See some of our favorites for color through the seasons. Winter gardens are rarely without Himalayans white-barked birch trees which are great plants for year-round interest and for a close encounter.
Here are some great picks for shade-loving trailing plants. Trailing plants can be a real bonus for the gardener. Verbenas are both long blooming annuals and perennials depending on the type.
Ice mist somewhat resembles a larger version of babys breath and is mostly grown as an annual. The lantana pictured above was located underneath an overhang which is why is still looked wonderful in January when I took this photo. This plant will grow year-round adding a wonderful splash of color to the winter landscape with its reddish-brown trunk.
Winter hardy in zones 10-12. They can also range quite a bit in size and habit. In the garden I think of them as ground covers while the container world calls them spillers.
Euphorbia Ice Mist is sometimes sold under the trademarked name euphorbia Diamond Frost. Golden creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia is a low-growing trailing plant with leaves of golden green. A slow grower each plant will grow to a height of 30 to 40 feet 76 to 101cm tall when planted in part to full shade.
It has a nicely rounded growth habit when grown in hanging baskets featuring prolific small white blooms all year long. Most plants such as roses are at their peak during one season. Plant it in sun or shade and keep well watered during hot weather.