Plants For Winter Colour

[Cookie]

My pots and hanging baskets are finished now. Are there any plants I could buy for the pots to give some colour or greenery for over the winter time?

[cajary]

It's got to be Pansies. That's what we put in the Hanging baskets and tubs in the pub I work in. It's what the local Plantsman suggest. I don't use baskets/containers round the house during the Winter, I just hibernate

[Cookie]

Do you know if there is anything else I could plant with the pansies for contrast?

[Nick the Grief]

stinging nettles .... only joking.

it depends what you want really. you could do some winter flowering heathers, variagted Ivy under plant with some mini daffs ( Minnow, jetfire, Jack snipe or Tete a tete), Crocus, Hyacynths. and maybe a skimmia - nice red berries and you get to plant it in the garden whan you've finished in spring

[Lesley Jay]

Nick can you grow Hyacinths out doors?

[Nick the Grief]

My Nan always used too

[Lesley Jay]

My Mum always had a pot of Hyacinths in the house at Christmas, so that's why I asked.

[bramble]

Lesley, you can get indoor and outdoor Hycianths. The indooe ones are treated but the rest are suitable for planting outside. I have some planted outside about 10 years now and they are still doing fine.

[Lesley Jay]

Thanks Bramble - I never knew that!

[bramble]

Lesley, just wondering if you got your hysianths yet. I was in B&Q yesterday and they have both the indoor and outdoor ones if you are still looking for them.

[Lesley Jay]

Thanks Bramble. I have GOT to go to B&Q this weekend so I will see what they have.

[VORWERK]

You could also plant ornamental cabbages + Heathers, bellis, wallflowers, Hellibores (types of Christmas rose) are a nice winter flowering perenial

[cajary]

And also Cyclamen.