These elite seasonal performers really ‘do what they say on the tin’!

Emily Chandler, National Trust head gardener at Dunham Massey in Cheshire, on gardening in the cold and the best flowers for winter scent

Toby explains how creating cold-weather beauty went from unusual to must-do

From grasses to ferns and herbaceous perennials, these choice winter evergreens light up borders with colour and texture, says Sue Fisher

A vivid tapestry of green is the mainstay of any garden and retains focus during winter

At a time when much of the garden sleeps, winter flowers are all the more precious for their scarcity; an irrepressible bunch, undaunted by wind, frost or even a blanket of snow. Many are small, yet t