Remember, winter doesn't have to mean no greenery or colour.
Here are 10 tough, beautiful plants that keep a British garden looking alive with greenery and colour all winter long:
Winter Jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) – Bright yellow flowers on bare green stems from November to March, even on cold walls.
Hellebore (Helleborus) – Known as the Christmas rose; elegant white, pink or purple flowers appear from December onwards and last for months.
Sweet Box (Sarcococca confusa) – Evergreen with glossy dark leaves and clusters of sweetly scented white flowers from December to March, followed by black berries.
Snowdrops (Galanthus) – Delicate white hanging bells push through frozen soil as early as January – the first sign spring is coming.
Winter-flowering Heather (Erica carnea) – Low carpets of pink, red or white flowers from December to April, loves acid soil.
Cyclamen coum – Tiny but tough; jewel-like pink or white flowers and pretty marbled leaves from January to March.
Mahonia (e.g. ‘Charity’) – Spiky evergreen leaves and big sprays of fragrant yellow flowers from November to March, followed by black berries.
Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ – Upright evergreen shrub with intensely fragrant pink-purple flowers in the depths of winter.
Skimmia japonica (especially red-berried female varieties) – Neat evergreen domes covered in bright red berries all winter (needs a male plant nearby for berries).
Holly (Ilex) – Classic glossy green spiky leaves and (on female varieties) cheerful red berries that last right through until spring.
Why not buy a big planter and fill it with winter plants and put it by your front door, or on a patio or decking in your back garden. A range of planters can be viewed and ordered here -
https://www.gardenis.co.uk/collections/planters
Keep your garden green and colourful this winter!
Remember, winter doesn't have to mean no greenery or colour.
Here are 10 tough, beautiful plants that keep a British garden looking alive with greenery and colour all winter long:
Winter Jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) – Bright yellow flowers on bare green stems from November to March, even on cold walls.
Hellebore (Helleborus) – Known as the Christmas rose; elegant white, pink or purple flowers appear from December onwards and last for months.
Sweet Box (Sarcococca confusa) – Evergreen with glossy dark leaves and clusters of sweetly scented white flowers from December to March, followed by black berries.
Snowdrops (Galanthus) – Delicate white hanging bells push through frozen soil as early as January – the first sign spring is coming.
Winter-flowering Heather (Erica carnea) – Low carpets of pink, red or white flowers from December to April, loves acid soil.
Cyclamen coum – Tiny but tough; jewel-like pink or white flowers and pretty marbled leaves from January to March.
Mahonia (e.g. ‘Charity’) – Spiky evergreen leaves and big sprays of fragrant yellow flowers from November to March, followed by black berries.
Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ – Upright evergreen shrub with intensely fragrant pink-purple flowers in the depths of winter.
Skimmia japonica (especially red-berried female varieties) – Neat evergreen domes covered in bright red berries all winter (needs a male plant nearby for berries).
Holly (Ilex) – Classic glossy green spiky leaves and (on female varieties) cheerful red berries that last right through until spring.
Why not buy a big planter and fill it with winter plants and put it by your front door, or on a patio or decking in your back garden. A range of planters can be viewed and ordered here -
https://www.gardenis.co.uk/collections/planters