The Best Plants for Winter Colour: 5 Easy Ways to Brighten Your Garden
If you’re anything like me, at this time of year, you’re itching to get outside and enjoy the garden, but some days the weather just has other ideas!
There are some quick and easy ways you can soften the blow, like planting up pots
and containers with seasonal colour near a window or door so you can still get your
fix without having to venture out in the wind, rain or snow!
Our top five plants for Winter colour are:
1 - Primroses
Fully hardy, cheery little perennials that will give a boost to your planters or even a shady little spot in the border. We love Candy Cottage for its unique pink blooms!
2 - Hamemelis
Commonly known as Witch Hazel, striking spider like blossom in January and February when its most needed and a wonderful scent, what more could you ask for? Well, how about the vibrant autumn foliage too?! Diane bears more unusual orange-red blooms for an extra special show.
3 - Viburnum X Bodnantense
If its scent you’re after than this is the shrub for you. A rich sweet fragrance means that you will often smell this beauty before you set sight on the clusters of cheerful pink blooms. Charles Lamont is a great variety and holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
4 - Forsythia
Vibrant yellow blooms that can’t fail to make you smile! Low maintenance, fuss free long stems of yellow flowers throughout the Spring, what not to love? Try growing Weekend for months of bloom.
5 - Saracococca
Everyone’s favourite Winter flowering shrub, perfect for a patio planter. Highly fragrant white flowers followed by shiny blue-black berries. You will love the vanilla scent of Confusa, position near a doorway so you can make the most of that gorgeous fragrance!
Alternatively, bring a little bit of the outdoors indoors. It’s easy to create beautiful
and long lasting floral displays for the vase this time of year. Winter flowering shrubs
are often perfect for cut flower displays. Try mixing Viburnum, Forsythia and Cornus
to create this display! Get the look here