Bergenia cultivars. ‘Ouverture’ is a very good one
Iris histrioides ‘Lady Beatrix Stanley’
Iris unguicularis & I. lazica – watch out for slugs
Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus. G. ‘Augustus’ & G. nivalis var. sandersii
Cyclamen coum
Pyracantha ‘Saphyr Rouge’ – retains fruits
Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ – retains fruits
It’s not what you use it’s the way that you use it
Helleborus hybridus – mass planting
Helleborus foetidus ‘Westerflisk’ with Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’ & Bergenias
Chaenomeles x superba ‘Rowallane’
Salix alba ‘Vitellina’, Mahonia ‘Apollo’ & Luzula sylvatica ‘Aurea’
Prunus serrula with Rubus thibetanus
Kerria japonica ‘Variegata’
Cornus ‘Midwinter Fire’ with hamamelis and “black grass” Ophiopogon
Acer pennsylvanicum ‘Erythrocladum’ (red stems) with Cornus alba ‘Flaviramea’ (green stems) Betula utilis var. jacquemontii with Salic alba ‘Chermesina’
Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Charles Lamont’ with Euonymus japonicus ‘Silver Queen’
Luzula sylvatica with Eranthis hyemalis (winter aconites)
Heather garden at Compton Acres
Betula utilis var. jacquemontii @ Angelsey Abbey
Cambridge University Botanic Garden winter garden
John Massey’s garden at Ashwood Nursery
Rubus cockburnianus ‘Golden Vale’ and Hedera colchica
Acer griseum & Japanese Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius)
Marks Hall, Essex
The Manor, Bradninch, Devon
Grasses, Phlomis russelliana and Cornus ‘Midwinter Fire’
