PLANT OF THE WEEK
GREAT DEALS ON LAST-MINUTE HOLIDAYS
CORONILLA GLAUCA
CORONILLA provides a rare splash of colour in February.
It’s an evergreen Mediterranean shrub with bright yellow pea-like flowers and attractive foliage that makes for a really uplifting winter wonder.
You can grow it as a shrub or train it as a climber against a wall, ideally a nice sunny sheltered spot away from cold drying winds.
It’s easy to manage, only growing to around six feet, and the fragrant flowers often reappear in late summer as well.
DOWN UNDER WONDERS
CELEBRITY Cruises’ impressive 2,850-passenger Celebrity Eclipse will sail 19 different five to 18-night itineraries around Australia and New Zealand, homeporting in both Sydney and Auckland from September 2022, through to April 2023.
Highlights feature sun and beaches, food and wine and sleeping under the stars on a private pontoon moored over the Great Barrier Reef.
Price includes overnight stays in Hobart, Cairns and Adelaide and trips to South Pacific islands such as Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
Prices start at £792pp, cruise only. See celebritycruises.co.uk for details.
TOUR GUERNSEY FROM YOUR HOME
FREE virtual group tours of Guernsey’s history, wildlife and scenery are now being hosted by gold-accredited Channel Island guide Gill Girard. Viewers can show their appreciation with a tip. Sign up at virtualtrips.io/ locations/guernsey
LUXURY WITH A WILDER SIDE
NEW tour firm Windows on the Wild Luxe (windowsonthewild luxe.com) is promising upscale 2021 holidays that combine adventure with top-drawer accommodation and experiences including swimming with whale sharks in Zanzibar and spotting grizzly bears in Canada.
FAMILY FUN IN TUSCANY
NEW to Al Fresco Holidays (0161 332 8900, alfresco-holidays. com), Italy’s Montescudaio Camping Village, in the Tuscan countryside, has an outdoor aqua complex, with two family pools and an 80m water slide. A seven-night, self-catered stay, arriving August 28 2021, costs from £488.90 for a two-bedroom air-conditioned Classic mobile home, sleeping six (was £608.50, saving 20%). Price excludes travel although transport can be arranged with Al Fresco Holidays.