Posts made in January, 2015


Plants to cheer the bleak midwinter


Posted By on Jan 3, 2015

The new year is a challenging time if you want flowers in your garden. Here are some ideas of plants that will brighten your day in winter. I love Hellebore orientalis which will really give you large colourful flowers in white, pink and velvet dark purple. They are easy to grow and will tolerate full sun (I have one in full sun on a clay soil) but are better suited to slightly shady spots where the soil does not dry out. They are...

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