• Australia's winter flowers typically bloom in July and August.High quality Australian national map with gradient orange. image by Thiru from Fotolia.com
  
  Varieties of winter blooming flowers make Australian gardens distinct in color and type. Among the scores of Australia's winter flowers, gardeners enjoy multicolored correas and grevilleas and pink-blossomed hakeas. Australia differs from the Northern Hemisphere with July and August being its coldest winter months. Winters in Australia remain mostly mild but rainy. Typically, the colder the weather, the longer the blooms last on hardy Australian winter flowers.
  
  

Snowdrops

• Snowdrops can grow in balcony containers as well as gardens.snowdrop image by Melinda Nagy from Fotolia.com
  
  Grown from bulbs, snowdrop flowers have thin, dark green leaves. The milky white blossoms of the snowdrop plant gleam brightly in planted drifts from under a shady tree. Snowdrops also grow well in balcony containers. The blossoms form into a tube shape, emerging from green-tipped inner petals overlapping one another.
  
  

Evergreen Japanese Shrub

• Lily of the valley blossoms are popular in bridal floral arrangements.Lily of the valley image by dvorkin from Fotolia.com
  
  The Evergreen Japanese Shrub is better known as lily of the valley. Popular in weddings, the lily of the valley bush grows over three feet tall. It produces long tasseled, bell-shaped and pink-blushed ivory blossoms. Pieras japonica is the botanical name of this shade-loving plant. Along with the desirable blossoms, gardeners plant lily of the valley for the sweet scent of its blooms.
  
  

Lavender

• Lavender plants are tall with purple blossoms.lavender image by Lytse from Fotolia.com
  
  With Mediterranean origins, the lavender blossoming plant grows over three feet tall in well-drained sunny beds, and it requires little watering. Pruning lavender twice a year after it flowers promotes quick new growth. Desired by gardeners for its sweet aroma, lavender remains one of history's most appreciated flowers for its beauty.
  
  

Winter Rose

• The winter rose is not actually a rose at all--it is a low ground cover. The Australian winter rose blossoms are paper-textured and have soft plum and green hues. Requiring little attention, the winter rose grows in the winter sunshine under trees that protect them during the summer months.
  
  

Bergenia

• Bergeniabergenia image by Alison Bowden from Fotolia.com
  
  Growing in clusters, bergenia generates bright pink five-petal flowers from long stems that open only in winter. Thriving under trees and shady spots, the bergenia sprouts from tough woody stems to dark green leaves that change to warmer tones in the colder months.
  
  

Paper Daisy

• Paper daisies grow nearly 19 inches tall.Daisy, Daisy. image by RedRocket from Fotolia.com
  
  Although the paper daisy is best recognized for displaying delicate white petals with yellow centers, other varieties of this flower bloom pink, purple and yellow with black centers. Also known as the paper star, the paper daisy does well in dryer soils. Planted for ground and wall covering, the paper daisy grows nearly 19 inches tall, normally blooming from September to November.
  
  

Daphne

• Hailing originally from Chinese and Japanese wooded hillsides, the fragrant blossoms of the daphne plant make it a favorite winter flower in Australia. Bursting into six to eight white or rosy pink blossomed clusters, the daphne flower grows on an evergreen bush. Typically, daphne plants last ten years in slightly acidic, cool and moist soil. Once the blossoms fully open, the sweet aroma fades.
  
  

Hardenbergia

• Native to Australia, the hardenbergia climber produces royal purple, white and pink pea-shaped flowers on the coldest days of winter. Requiring semi-shade and well-drained soil, the hardenbergia grows attractively along the garden floor, up fences and over arbors. The hardenbergia flower blooms amidst dark shiny leaves with prominent veins.
  
  

Luculia

• The nearly nine foot round luculia shrub grows large, aromatic pink blossoms throughout the winter in Australia. Originating in the Himalayas, this plant prefers cool roots while enjoying warmth on the flowers above ground. Its shiny green leaves turn to burnished tints in the autumn, providing added beauty to any garden.
  
  

Polyanthus

• Polyanthus white blossoms add to Australia's winter garden weddings.polyanthus image by Edsweb from Fotolia.com
  
  Growing to nearly eight inches, the polyanthus or primula turns out a variety of colored blossoms that flower for months if they are given a great deal of sunshine. Used in garden weddings in Australian winters, the polyanthus white blossom variety fits the day's celebration.
  
  

Woodland Cyclamen

• Australia's woodland cyclamen lies dormant in summer.cyclamen image by Alison Bowden from Fotolia.com
  
  The woodland cyclamen flowers under taller shrubs in winter with white, pink, mauve and red blossoms. During the arid summer months of Australia, the woodland cyclamen lies dormant. Small flowers normally blossom from silvery leaves with small green flecks. The mild winters of Australia make the bright pink, flowering woodland cyclamen more adaptable than where colder winters prevail.