February 2010

Winter blossoms
Fabulous plants that flower in the frost:
• NEW Nurseryman’s favourites. Bob Brown of Cotswold Garden Plants selects nine plants to brighten your garden in winter
• Hardy cyclamen This month’s plant profile looks at these delicate flowers, including winter-blooming varieties

 
Brilliant bulbs
• Crocus king EA Bowles and how he became one of the world’s leading plantsmen
• A Fenland garden uses bulbs to bring early-season colour
• Stunning snowdrops in grower Joe Sharman’s exceptional collection
 
Alys fowler’s Edible garden
• Alys’s guide to growing the tastiest spuds
• Plus her new television series on planting edibles amid your ornamentals
 
Gorgeous French gardens
• Formal elegance in the Vendée
• Minimalism in the Riviera
 
PLUS
• Designer Julie Toll creates a stunning sunny-coloured border from annuals. Follow her plan to create your own
• Meet Bob Sherman, the man who helped organic growing become mainstream
• A Danish grower makes elegant topiary from fragrant myrtle

 

On Sale Date (UK): 
25/01/2010
Issue Number: 
158
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