Tag: Winter Shrubs

Camellia japonica: A Beautiful Evergreen Shrub for Winter & Spring Colour

There is something rather special about a camellia in flower. At a time when much of the garden is still finding its way out of winter, its glossy…

Salix ‘Mount Aso’: The Beautiful Pink Pussy Willow for Winter Colour

There is something rather wonderful about a garden beginning to wake after winter. The days are still short, the ground is often cold and damp, and much of…

Clematis ‘Winter Beauty’: A Beautiful Evergreen Climber for the Winter Garden

There is something particularly lovely about discovering flowers in the garden when the days are short and the weather has turned cold. The borders have quietened, the trees…

Helleborus ‘Hello Red’: A Beautiful Lenten Rose for Winter and Early Spring

There is something rather special about finding flowers in the garden when winter still has a firm hold. The trees are bare, the borders have quietened, and the…

Sarcococca Confusa – Sweet Box

The Winter Wonder: Why Sarcococca Confusa Belongs in Your Garden Winter in the garden is often associated with dormancy. We tend to think of bare branches, frosty lawns,…

Mahonia ‘Winter Sun’: A Beautiful Winter-Flowering Shrub

There is something rather special about a garden that continues to flower through winter. When the borders have quietened, the trees have shed their leaves and the days…

Christmas Rose (Helleborus niger): A Beautiful Winter-Flowering Perennial

There is something rather wonderful about discovering a flower in the garden when almost everything else has settled into its winter rest. The borders have quietened, the trees…

Beautiful Shrubs for Winter Interest: Colour, Fragrance and Life in the Winter Garden

There is something rather special about a garden in winter. Without the abundance of summer flowers and foliage, we begin to notice the things that might otherwise go…