From ramblers to floribundas, climbers to ground cover, plus top varieties to choose from, here’s your definitive winter guide

Get trimming now for healthier bushes and stunning summer blooms

I’m bringing my summer stars

Matt is Head of Horticulture and Landscape Strategy at The Royal Parks. A keen fruit, vegetable and house-plant grower, Anne was formerly the glasshouse supervisor at RHS Garden Wisley. Caroline Salis

Picotee-pink-edged, large flowers that look at you from a tall stem. Followed by marbled evergreen leaves. A sterile cultivar from Rodney Davey, it flowers prolifically as its energy is saved for flow

Make more plants this month by dividing perennials, sowing hardy annuals and planting summer bulbs