Not a month to be out working in the garden, however, you will still find plenty of plants on sale, luckily most can be enjoyed from the comfort of your house.
Some are early spring flowering plants, like primroses and bulbs that can be used inside or outside
Others are better suited to indoors and can be used to brighten up the house.
Plants to buy in January
Add some colour to your garden
Box topiary
Buxus or boxwood are very popular evergreen garden shrubs. Slow growing with small glossy leaves they are perfect for trimming and shaping. Grown in huge…
Camellia
One of those flowering plants, in full glorious flower, that you never forget. Probably on most gardeners wish lists. Often sold in bud and flower…
Chimonanthus Praecox Wintersweet
What could be more beautiful in the middle of winter than the unusually shaped flowers, clusters of lemon stars are dotted along the bare stems….
Colourful Conifers
There is a conifer to suit every garden, no matter how small. They are unlike any other shrub, they provide structure, colour and interest all…
Hardy cyclamen
True hardy cyclamen are a joy to see, a drift of colour that pops up every year to brighten up your day. Once they are…
How to Buy Primroses
Probably the most popular spring flower.Stunning colours often sweetly scented they brighten up any garden but also make great patio pots or house plants.The first…
Leucothoe
A compact evergreen shrub which makes an impact with beautiful autumn and winter foliage.In early spring and summer, the young leaves are fresh green or…
Potted bulbs
Did you forget to buy and plant your bulbs in the autumn don’t worry, there are lots of pots on sale in the spring ready…
Pre pack plants
Prepack plants usually filled with bare-root plants or bulbs are sold during the autumn and spring and can be good value for money. However this…
Primroses
Primroses our most popular spring flower, stunning colours and sweet scent. Available in a wide range of sizes and qualities. Special colours, plant breeding at…
Sarcoccoca Christmas box
Sarcococca is one of the best for winter fragrance. Glossy evergreen foliage similar to box, provides year-round colour and structure, while the spidery winter flowers…
Skimmia
Colourful buds form in the autumn proving long-lasting winter interest, the buds eventually open in the spring and are often scented.They prefer an acid soil…
Spring flowering hellebores
They are prized by gardeners for their ability to flower during the winter and early spring. Wide range of colours. Traditional winter rose colour but…
Top 10 Winter Plants
The winter cold can leave the garden bare and uninviting. you need something to light up the damp, grey skies. Weirdly some plants enjoy the…
Winter heathers
Winter heathers are really useful and are one of the few plants to reliably flower during the winter.You may find three kinds of heathers on…
Winter hellebores
They are prized by gardeners for their ability to flower during the winter and early spring. The plants are surprisingly frost-resistant and many are evergreen,…
Winter stems
The ugly ducklings of the garden, boring green during the summer it all changes in the autumn when the leaves change into a blaze of…
