Helleborus niger kaufmanniana-tulips Plant Lupinus 'Manhattan Lights' with

Plant Lupinus 'Manhattan Lights' with other early summer favourites like delphiniums and foxgloves for a cottage garden feel

but it’s the peachy-orange to salmon pink trumpet

Amaryllis 'Aquaro' makes a stunning indoor centrepiece during the darker months

then deepen to a richer pink as they mature

this clump-forming perennial asks for very little beyond decent soil and the occasional tidy of tired leaves

Helleborus niger kaufmanniana-tulips Plant Lupinus 'Manhattan Lights' withGraceful, stoic and rather magical when little else dares to bloom, Helleborus niger brings a quiet radiance to the garden just when its needed most. This evergreen perennial stays compact at around 30cm, its dark, leathery foliage forming a handsome base from which those snowy, bowl shaped flowers emerge through midwinter into early spring. Theres something wonderfully uplifting about seeing Helleborus niger open its pure white blooms against the