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Quick Winter Fixes
If you lack these winter beauties then do not despair. Sheets of pansies or polyanthus will brighten and cheer your garden soon after planting. Choose plants that are coming into flower and place in a sunny position for the best display. Group masses of one colour for maximum impact or a muddle the colours for a cottage effect.
Choose plants that are coming into flower and place in a sunny position for the best display. Group masses of one colour for maximum impact or a muddle the colours for a cottage effect.
Plant for Winter
But what ever you do, plant something to enjoy in your winter garden, and make this a season to enjoy. Let the real tropics take the heat, the sticky weather and the bugs that bite.
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Hamamelis 'Red Cascade'
Euphorbia characias subsp wulfenii
Steel blue berries on Viburnum davidii
Abutilons, hanging lanterns |
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Sheets of primulas or pansies
Quick Guide to Care
Camellias Plant out of cold winds in a rich moist but well drained soil. Do not allow to dry out. Siting under deciduous trees is ideal. Planting away from early morning sun will reduce frost damage to flowers.
Hellebores Plant in a good garden soil and water in dry weather. Remove old leaves from H. x hybridus in early to mid-winter.
Hamamelis Prefer rich moist but well drained soils that are acidic rather than alkaline. Full sun to part shade and protection from strong winds.
Chimonanthus Most soils, prune only to tidy and immediately after flowering or you will lose next years blooms.
Daphne Rich, humusy soil, well drained and does not dry out. Avoid sodden soils. Protect from drying winds.
Snowdrops Prefer a soil rich in humus, moist but not wet. Divide and replant in 'the green' after the flowers have faded
Viburnum Good, moist but well drained soil.
Cornus Good, moist but well drained soil. Prune out 1/3rd of the oldest stems each year or so to encourage new growth as this gives the best colour.
Mahonia Most soils, very hardy.
Garrya elliptica Most soils. Withstands wind but better display with some protection.
Euphorbia Any soil, prefers full sun and good drainage. Cut back dead flowering stems with care - the sap is toxic and can cause a rash.
Nandina domestica Plant in good soil in partly shades position. Moderately frost hardy - more so in well drained soils. Prune old, tatty wood to the ground in spring.
Leucodendron/leucopsernum/protea Fertile soils that drain freely. Do not over water once established. Plant in full sun, protect from strong winds and frost. Prune out old wood, pick leucodendron bracts to encourage better habit.
Tibouchina Frost tender. Plant in full sun and protect from wind in any good, friable soil. Prune after flowering and keep moist. Some can be invasive.
Hibiscus Require sun and good, well-drained soil. Prune to maintain good, tight habit.
Vireyas Plant in an open, moisture retentive soil that drains freely. Raised beds or containers assist drainage. |
R. 'Buttermaid'
Hibiscus 'Crown of Warrington' | |
