The mild weather in the past months has meant that plants
known to flower in the winter time actually are! Snowdrops will brave snow and
cold weather but stand out a lot better against the browns and greens of this year's
winter. The Camellia has been a favourite of gardeners ever since they were
first brought from the far east. Before then they were only known from
depictions on porcelain and in art and thought to be fantastical flowers born
from the artists mind. Most are not very hardy but this white Camellia has even
survived the past severe winters and is looking especially glossy and healthy
this winter season. The Laurestine (Viburnum
tinus) is widely grown for its fragrant winter flowers in places with mild
winters. This bush, planted against a wall, seems to be perfectly happy and is
flowering profusely this year.
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