Winter Colour: Scented Plants

Winter Colour: Scented Plants

by | Dec 20, 2017 | Winter Colour

Personally I love plants that stir up more than more sense, winter flowering shrubs are some of the best at this, not only do they bring a much needed spark of colour to the garden but they also have amazing scents. A waft of scent as you wander up the garden path or...
Winter Colour: Colourful stems

Winter Colour: Colourful stems

by | Jan 18, 2017 | Winter Colour

Now that deciduous trees and shrubs have lost their leaves, with only the bare bones left there are many shrubs with vibrant stems that can light up a garden or provide focal points at this time of year. The dogwood (Cornus) family in particular has colourful stems...
Winter Colour

Winter Colour

by | Dec 8, 2015 | Shrubs, Winter Colour

I love wandering around gardens in winter seeing them stripped back to their bare structure; it allows me time to look around my own garden and think have I got the bones, the core architecture of the garden right and to get inspiration from other gardens to add more...