This viburnum produces clusters of beautifully scented pale pink flowers on its bare stems in the winter so that the flowers are not hidden behind the leaves. It has a long flowering period and can flower from late autumn to early spring during mild periods.

This variety of witch hazel is one of the best, producing an abundance of scented golden flowers in January and February on its bare stems. There are few shrubs flowering at this time so it can brighten the garden during these darker months.

This variety of holly takes the best features of other varieties and combines them. It is self fertile and so produces berries without a male variety being present although having a male variety nearby can increase berry production.

The pure white star shaped flowers look stunning over the dark green foliage, this helleborus flowers during the winter period often flowering at Christmas hence its other name of the Christmas rose. The flowers are long lasting providing colour from winter into spring.

Over the Christmas period, this easy to grow cacti provides good colour in the home. It has succulent mid-green arching stems from which a variety of flower colours such as white, pink, purple and red are produced.