Alongside wet and windy weather, February will often bring bright sunshine, not a cloud in the blue, blue sky. Suddenly the catkins are here, the days are getting just that little bit lighter, and spr

Just between us, let’s be honest: for much of the year this is quite an uninteresting plant. It does not make much of an impact while our gardens erupt with life in spring. In the heat of summer, it s

When I entered the world of snowdrops over 30 years ago, I quickly came into contact with some formidable female galanthophiles. They often wore hats and they nearly always had a silver snowdrop brooc

Kari-Astri Davies considers the challenge of dry shade and braces herself for some winter pruning

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

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