With spring in mind, Ken Crowther has been to the Royal Horticultural Garden Hyde Hall in Essex to meet garden manager Ian Bull to talk about the colour and fragrance you can still find in the midst of winter.

With spring in mind, Ken Crowther has been to the Royal Horticultural Garden Hyde Hall in Essex to meet garden manager Ian Bull to talk about the colour and fragrance you can still find in the midst of winter.

With spring in mind, Ken Crowther has been to the Royal Horticultural Garden Hyde Hall in Essex to meet garden manager Ian Bull to talk about the colour and fragrance you can still find in the midst of winter.

As their top plant for 2016, Thompson and Morgan are showing off their fantastic range of petunia’s in their Petunia Parade with several new varieties in their spring catalogue. They are hoping to inspire UK gardeners and change perceptions of this great plant. Ken Crowther has been finding out more.

As their top plant for 2016, Thompson and Morgan are showing off their fantastic range of petunia’s in their Petunia Parade with several new varieties in their spring catalogue. They are hoping to inspire UK gardeners and change perceptions of this great plant. Ken Crowther has been finding out more.

As their top plant for 2016, Thompson and Morgan are showing off their fantastic range of petunia’s in their Petunia Parade with several new varieties in their spring catalogue. They are hoping to inspire UK gardeners and change perceptions of this great plant. Ken Crowther has been finding out more.

As their top plant for 2016, Thompson and Morgan are showing off their fantastic range of petunia’s in their Petunia Parade with several new varieties in their spring catalogue. They are hoping to inspire UK gardeners and change perceptions of this great plant. Ken Crowther has been finding out more.

Not much flowers in January, however, shortly after Christmas the witch hazel will start to bloom and will continue whatever the weather. The scent is magnificent as is the bright yellow, orange and reds of the flowers when there is very little else about as Jonathan Jukes from Marks Hall near Coggeshall in Essex told Ken Crowther.

Not much flowers in January, however, shortly after Christmas the witch hazel will start to bloom and will continue whatever the weather. The scent is magnificent as is the bright yellow, orange and reds of the flowers when there is very little else about as Jonathan Jukes from Marks Hall near Coggeshall in Essex told Ken Crowther.

Not much flowers in January, however, shortly after Christmas the witch hazel will start to bloom and will continue whatever the weather. The scent is magnificent as is the bright yellow, orange and reds of the flowers when there is very little else about as Jonathan Jukes from Marks Hall near Coggeshall in Essex told Ken Crowther.