FIVE SWEET-SMELLING SHRUBS
1 CHIMONANTHUS PRAECOX
The bare branches of wintersweet, above, bear masses of pendulous, pale yellow flowers from November to March.
2 HAMAMELIS X INTERMEDIA ‘ORANGE PEEL’
This witch hazel grows to about 13ft and has light orange flowers with a scent like orange marmalade.
3 LONICERA X PURPUSII ‘WINTER BEAUTY’
A shrubby honeysuckle developed by Hillier Nurseries, its bare branches bear clusters of creamy white flowers.
4 SARCOCOCCA VAR. DIGYNA ‘PURPLE STEM’
A cracking variety of sweet box with purple stems and leaf stalks, along with spidery threads of pink flushed flowers.
5 VIBURNUM TINUS
An evergreen viburnum, with huge clusters of tiny white, scented flowers that open from pink buds during winter and spring.
STOCKISTS INCLUDE: Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery bluebellnursery.com; Burncoose Nurseries burncoose.co.uk; Crocus crocus.co.uk.
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