Tub-tastic!
If you’ve cleared out your patio pots and tubs this month and removed your summer-flowering plants, then you can now replace them with biennials and bulbs for a gorgeous display of colour in the spring.
Winter colour
Ornamental cabbages are also good, with attractively shaped heads of white, green or purple foliage, if you’re after winter colour.
There are also lots of colourful evergreens suitable for containers that will really cheer up your patio during the winter months.
Evergreens
Try Euonymus japonicus varieties like Euonymus japonicus ‘Kathy’ or Euonymus ‘Emerald & Gold’ with either green and gold leaves or green and silver leaves.
Dwarf conifers are also available in loads of shapes and colours, and they really come into their own in winter when they give the garden some much-needed structure.