Ornamental cabbage• Buy pots of small, early-flowering bulbs such as winter aconite, snowdrops and hardy little Cyclamen. Plant these around the base of winter-flowering shrubs for added colour.
• Winter-hardy primroses are effective planted beside a path, in front of your seat or in a trough near the house to bloom through to spring. Ornamental winter cabbage looks good too and gives the slugs something to eat over winter!
• Plant up one or more patio containers, using small upright conifers, variegated trailing ivies, small skimmia and winter-flowering heathers for a long-term effect, with pots of small bulbs popped in between which can be exchanged with more pots of bulbs as their flowers fade.
• Have a good look at stakes and supports for climbing plants to check if any need replacing.
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