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Below is a ‘shortlist’ of plants with showy December bloom, fruit, bark or foliage. See Bloom for a comprehensive calendar.

perennials

A name tagged with "N" indicates that native species are available.

arum

autumn fern

Christmas fern

rohdea

miscanthus

panicum

river oats

shrubs

A name tagged with "N" indicates that native species are available.

aucuba

edgeworthia

fothergilla

holly

florist hydrangea

oakleaf hydrangea

itea

osmanthus

pyracantha

Japanese spirea

Thunberg spirea

sweetshrub

wintersweet

witch-hazel

trees

A name tagged with "N" indicates that native species are available.

Japanese apricot

other December photos

JC Raulston Arboretum
iNaturalist — Orange County

For fun

Know Your Natives — Frostweeds “Bloom” Frost Flowers