Hands up anyone who hasn't got around to emptying outdoor pots of summer plants and planting something for winter! Don't despair, we won't shame you and there is still time to do something about it!
You can get a great show right outside your back door. Plants are still available to fill your pots and the recipe is simple. Choose plants with colours that compliment your pots or buy pots that compliment the plants that you fancy. Skimmias are at their best now, but sorry girls, its the male varieties that look best! These have bold and showy flower buds which will open to sweetly scented white flowers in spring.
Winter flowering heathers are tough and in flower for the next three months so they are a must too. These heathers are not fussed about limey soil and can be planted after flowering into the garden in spring.
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