winter

Trees for Every Season

Come deluges or drizzle, heatwaves or hoarfrosts, trees stand firm, a reassuring presence for generations to come.

Frosty Awakening in February

A secluded country garden with broad lawns shaded by trees, and home to countless snowdrops in winter

Colesbourne Park in February

There are few more arresting midwinter sights than a myriad snowdrops carpeting woodland or filling beds and borders

Manor House in Winter

Even in February, this modern country garden is filled with scent, colour and interest

Picking a Garden Posie in January

It may be deepest winter, but there are a number of fragrant flowers to pick for indoors

Snowdrop Plant Profile

As one of winter’s most enduring flowers, snowdrops unfurl as early as January, with later cultivars in February and March

Wilkins Pleck in February

A stunning country garden with a strong framework of hedges and topiary that is brought alive by winter’s frost

Moleshill in February

This walled garden is magical in snow, its structure highlighted as individual plants cast their spell

The Winter Blues

During January, February and March, celebrate nature’s blues with baby bulbs, plucky perennials and showy shrubs

Bewitching Witch Hazels

A hard January frost is sure to awaken the fragrant, spidery flowers on witch hazels to glow in the brittle winter sunshine

Going for Winter Gold

Even the darkest winter day cannot fail to be lightened by the sight of golden flowers on trees or fences, in pots and beds

Winter Pots

Bringing welcome colour from winter into early spring, many flowering plants are easy and rewarding to grow in pots

Tough Winter Flowers

Come winter, and look out for a select group of doughty flowers that, surviving snow and frost, lift the spirits

Nicola’s Garden

Contemporary garden in winter snow, designed by Andy Sturgeon with a framework of oak cubes leading through borders to a riverside deck