2024 Squak Mt. Winter Container Recipe
Twinkling pinks and white step into the spotlight as the warm colors of autumn begin to fade into winter’s embrace. The designers at Squak Mt. are excited to share with you our gentle twist on the standard colors of the holiday season. Winter is an excellent time to play with textures and this container recipe blends round and serrated shapes artfully.
Since these plants are stalwart winter troopers, they’ll bring color and beauty to the containers on your front porch until it is time for a spring refresh. All of the plants in our recipe will be happy on your porch or patio throughout winter regardless of the sun exposure. When summer arrives, most of the plants in this pot would prefer morning sun or dappled sun.
The plants in our exclusive design are displayed together at Squak Mt. to make it quick and easy for you to select them. The quantities, as shown, fit a container approximately 14-16” in diameter. Our friendly staff would be pleased to assist in modifying the recipe for any size pot. In addition our designers have pre-planted this recipe into decorative pots for you. Welcome the advent of winter with us at Squak Mt. by adding something sparkling and bright to your winter pot and patio arrangements.
A. ‘Dorothy Wyckoff’ Andromeda (Pieris)
1 plant
Dark red flower buds dance above green leaves in winter. Profuse chandelier-like racemes of white blooms in March. Evergreen shrub growing a little taller than it does wide, matures at 5’ tall, 4’ wide. Thrive in partial sun to full sun.
B. ‘Winter Fiesta’ Wintergreen (Gaultheria)
1 plant
Leaves emit wonderful wintergreen scent when crushed. Compact evergreen ground cover, grows 6” tall and up to 36” wide. White bell flowers in summer. Starry white berries burst out in lush clusters, with cotton candy-colored blush through winter. Likes cool, part sun locations.
C. Hardy Cyclamen (Cyclamen coum)
3 plants
A winter celebrity! Glittery silver variegation on minty green leaves. Petite, purple blooms shyly lift up from below the leaves, even in the harshest winter weather. 4” tall and 8” wide. Naturalize wonderfully
in cool woodland settings.
D. ‘New Look’ Dusty Miller (Senecio)
2 plants
Leaves are flocked white, with pale blue-green tones. Loves cool weather, but will not survive hard freezes.
E. ‘Darley Dale’ Heath (Erica)
2 plants
Long lasting pink blooms through winter amongst deep green needle like foliage. 18”H x 36”W. Likes sun.