WINTER FLOWERS FOR PLANTING NOW!!!!

you can plant pansies, violas, myosotis, dianthus, cinnerarea, and all sorts of small conifers or shrubs to compliment them.

I take it this your question then! Usual thing is pansies, ivies, small evergreens. These depend on what you can find - quite often, garden centres have very small versions of evergreen shrubs (cuttings that have grown on) which are useful to put in pots and tubs as a centre point, surrounded by pansies and ivy to trail over. Small conifers, too. Otherwise, primula or polyanthus - they don't flower till spring, but at least they're green. I just did a window box for someone with small Hebe (the variegated, slightly tender ones), ivies, ophiopogon and pansies, and another with small Convulvulus cneorum, small Leucothoe scarlatti, ivies, pansies. Its all that kind of thing - other people may have other great ideas. Happy planting;-)

Hi Steve nice to see you appearing again :-)

thank you moongrower, i pop in when i can.8)

Thank you Stevebuk, for your reply. Have you any ideas about mr previous question about the buddleja for ground coverage.

honeybun

no honeybun not seen the question, i will go and see if i can find it..

Also Primulas are just about ready too, trailing Ivy gives interest, miniture spring bulbs can be added as well such as iris, crocus, and tete e tete and little gem Narsiss, (snow drops may not flower their first year) The problem with shrubs they can be quite scruffy by January. Conifers really need to be the miniture ones or they can look a bit odd. Buy bigger plugs of pansies etc to avoid being disappointed. Sorry as I was writing this you had lots of answers.

Hi Bamboo thank you also for your suggestions, will have to have a trip to the garden centre and see what I can find. Hubby say's OH NO!!!!!!!! but he is only joking, Need some flower colour have missed it this year, nice talking to to you. I am really a novice, as my Mum always used to help me.

Honeybun

Thank you also Drc726, what a lovely site to find and you are all so friendly

thank you so much

Honeybun

Honeybun, we are all still learning we only know about some of it as you will too. You'll find lots of interest and help in what you do here. Try reading the blogs as well as the questions they can be fun too, with lots of ideas in the members pictures too.