Winter Plants

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Not just your granny's favourite: discover the place bringing chrysanthemums back in fashion
Discover the place bringing chrysanthemums back in fashion 👠 It had always been Andrew’s dream to start a nursery, and the south-facing, sloping two-acre field set behind a row of cottages in the pretty Nottinghamshire village offered great potential, despite heavy clay soil, and brambles that needed clearing before the rewards of growing plants could be enjoyed. The site also proved to be a potent frost pocket. “In the bitter winter of 2010, we had quite a shock, enduring five nights of -...
Not just your granny's favourite: discover the place bringing chrysanthemums back in fashion
Discover the place bringing chrysanthemums back in fashion 👠 It had always been Andrew’s dream to start a nursery, and the south-facing, sloping two-acre field set behind a row of cottages in the pretty Nottinghamshire village offered great potential, despite heavy clay soil, and brambles that needed clearing before the rewards of growing plants could be enjoyed. The site also proved to be a potent frost pocket. “In the bitter winter of 2010, we had quite a shock, enduring five nights of -...
Not just your granny's favourite: discover the place bringing chrysanthemums back in fashion
Discover the place bringing chrysanthemums back in fashion 👠 It had always been Andrew’s dream to start a nursery, and the south-facing, sloping two-acre field set behind a row of cottages in the pretty Nottinghamshire village offered great potential, despite heavy clay soil, and brambles that needed clearing before the rewards of growing plants could be enjoyed. The site also proved to be a potent frost pocket. “In the bitter winter of 2010, we had quite a shock, enduring five nights of -...
Hardy cyclamen: plants perfect for autumn and winter 💫
Hardy cyclamen: perfect for the season 💫 Cyclamen are a welcome sight in the colder months when little else is in flower. Plant expert John Hoyland recommends his 12 favourite cyclamen and gives advice on how to care for them. Some cyclamen species flower from September to December, others from December to March. Head to the link in our bio for more on these beauties. Pictured here: 1) Cyclamen pseudibericum 2) Cyclamen coum ‘Tilebarn Graham’ 3) Cyclamen coum subsp. coum f. coum (Pewter...
Forget snowdrops: these are the best early spring flowers to bring sunny colour to your garden
Eranthis - winter aconite. With golden goblets held above ruffs of green bracts, winter aconites are an eagerly anticipated forerunner of spring, brightening the drab days of late winter. When conditions are right they will seed freely, producing expanding carpets of yellow flowers every year. 📸 © Getty Images / pejft
Daphne ‘Spring Beauty’. Photo Jason Ingram
Daphne ‘Spring Beauty’. Photo Jason Ingram
Iris unguicularis ‘Peloponnese Snow’. Photo Jason Ingram
Iris unguicularis ‘Peloponnese Snow’. Photo Jason Ingram
Helleborus x ballardiae HGC Snow Dance (= ‘Coseh 800’). Photo Jason Ingram
Helleborus x ballardiae HGC Snow Dance (= ‘Coseh 800’). Photo Jason Ingram
Camellia sasanqua ‘Crimson King’. Photo Jason Ingram
Camellia sasanqua ‘Crimson King’. Photo Jason Ingram
How to make sure Persicaria doesn't take over and other tips on using the versatile perennial Piet Oudolf uses at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Persicaria: where and how to grow - Gardens Illustrated
Hebe ‘Sparkling Sapphire’ © Dianna Jazwinski
Hebe ‘Sparkling Sapphire’ © Dianna Jazwinski
Hebe ‘Garden Beauty Blue’ © Dianna Jazwinski
Hebe ‘Garden Beauty Blue’ © Dianna Jazwinski