When the question ‘what is your favourite winter flower’? is
asked, the answer is often dominated by just a few, albeit worthy, contenders.
Snowdrops, aconites and crocus generate much excitement in late winter and
early spring, and rightly so as their delicate flowers remind us that winter is
on the wane. There are though other flowering plants that are worth a place in
the winter garden and, although they will never compete with the heavyweights,
two in particular that have buckets of charm are Iris unguicularis and Helleborus
niger.......
