place in USDA hardiness zona 7 and 8 , Alabama has a short , meek winter compared with northerly state . The timing of wintertime - blooming shrubs depart . In the soft county near the Gulf Coast , the anthesis set about much originally than in the ice chest inland counties along the Tennessee border .

December

As the last of its golden leaves drop away in late fall , the uncouth witch hazel ( Hamamelis virginiana ) may begin December still in bloom . Its yellow , ribbon - similar efflorescence are fragrant . December is also a calendar month to enjoy camellia ; it is the ending of the unfolding season for sasanqua ( Camellia sasanqua ) , and the commencement of bloom for the common and tea - rock oil camellias ( Camellia japonica and Camellia oleifera , respectively ) . Other shrubs that flower in December in Alabama let in Nipponese fatsia ( Fatsia japonica ) , fragrant Camellia sinensis olive ( Osmanthus fragrans ) and perhaps winter Daphne ( Daphne odora ) , if temperatures are mild .

January

The first of the former springiness flowers flower in January in Alabama ’s mild winter climate . Camellias , fragrant tea Olea europaea , winter Daphne and Japanese fatsia also bear on bloom this month . Other shrubs set out their presentation includes winter jasmine ( Jasminum nudiflorum ) , winter honeysuckle ( Lonicera fragrantissima ) , wintersweet ( Chimonanthus praecox ) and Nipponese paperbush ( Edgeworthia spp . ) . With binge of warm weather , the first of the buds on anthesis quinces ( genus Chaenomeles spp . ) and more enchantress hazelnut tree ( Hamamelis x intermedia , Hamamelia vernalis ) begin flowering . The first viburnums ( Viburnum x bodnantense and Viburnum tinus ) start a tidy blossoming as well .

February

Although technically winter , February welcomes warmer temperatures in Alabama on the way to spring . As the flowering of camellias , fragrant afternoon tea European olive tree and other bush reaching their peak in January wane this month , February finds more witch hazel coming into their floral efflorescence , admit Chinese witch hazel ( Hamamelis mollis ) , and increasing flowering Cydonia oblonga flowers . calculate for the ticket alder ’s ( Alnus serrulata ) rusty orange ament flowers as well as the tiny blanched blooms of fragrant sarcococca ( Sarcococca ruscifolia ) . Commonly call off Oregon grape vine or mahonia ( Mahonia bealei , Mahonia japonica , Mahonia x culture medium ) , the top of the inning of these shrubs will bear their spikes of yellow flowers this calendar month . face for heath and heather mixture ( Erica spp . ) to lead off bloom abundantly as the days lengthen .

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