GARDEN SECRETS

Now’s the time to flick the switch for a colourful winter

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QUICK COLOUR Beat the dreary winter blues this year with a planting of quick-fix colour-ups. Get in the three Ps – primulas, poppies and pansies – plus violas.

2

STAR APPEAL Sow seeds or plant seedlings in pots in an out-of-the-way spot now, then welcome winter by moving them centre stage as they bloom.

3

WOW

Site pops of colour amid non-flowering plants – and in northerly zones consider paper daisies, impatiens, carnations and zinnias.

Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree

EMILY BRONTE ENGLISH WRITER

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PRIMULAS’ GORGEOUS ARRAY OF SHADES. JAPANESE MAPLE LEAVES BRING COLOUR TO AUTUMN.

PANSIES