What Are Winter Blooming Flowers?

Winter blooming flowers are not found in all areas of the United States. In fact, winter flower blooms are usually only found in more tropical or mild climates. Those places in the world where wintertime rarely goes below 65 degrees for instance, are the kinds of places you'll find winter blooming flowers.

If you live in a mild to warm climate - generally gardening zones 9 and higher are best, but some areas zoned 7b or higher can have success with winter blooming flowers as well - you may be able to plant and grow flowers which will bloom in the winter time. Many colder climates can do the same with some flowers and plants though, by simply bringing the flowers inside over the coldest parts of the winter.

Outdoor winter blooming flowers in warmer climates are fairly easy to accomplish though. Many popular annuals such as pansies and poppies, often produce many flower blooms throughout the winter season.

There are also plenty of trees and bushes which will produce winter flower blooms too. In parts of Arizona for instance, many tropical trees will bloom in December and January because the climate there is so mild. The Sweet acacia for instance, creates pom pom like winter flower blooms; the Floss silk tree produces winter blooming flowers of bright pink that look a bit like daylilies. Another version of the Floss silk tree produces white winter blooms which look like Easter lilies too.

Water lilies are another type of winter blooming flower in milder climates such as California, and they're not the only ones. You'll find many other varieties of lilies which bloom in the winter time, including the scarlet wax lily, fuschia plants which produce huge bell shaped flowers, various types of orchids, and even lemon trees.

Most of these winter blooming flowers can also be grown indoors, and they'll still produce winter blooms too. In fact, a common way to grow tropical plants and flowers when you don't live in a warm or mild climate, is to simply grow them in pots and flower containers. They can live outside in their pots during the warmer months, but they're easy to bring inside over the winter so they won't die.

If you grow tropical plants in containers though, some of them require additional moisture and humidity throughout the cold months if you want them to produce winter flower blooms.

Other ideas for plants to try if you want winter flower blooms include the Camellia, which is a deep green evergreen plant which produces beautiful flower blooms in late winter. Different types of holly plants don't technically produce winter flower blooms, but they produce berries throughout the winter instead. These are wonderful food supplements for birds during the colder months too.

Two of the most popular winter blooming flowers though, are probably the crocus and the snowdrops. There are many different types of crocus, some of which will bloom in the spring or in the fall. Some bloom so early in the spring though, that they'll pop up right through the winter snow. Snowdrops are a very popular winter blooming flower too, because they tend to be one of the very first to push their beautiful flower blooms through the cold winter snow too.