Island Life October/November 2018

Gardening
Quick fixes for
winter colour
After a stunner of a summer during which gardens have
looked at their most glorious, the onset of autumn and winter
can feel like a bleak, downer of a time in our outdoor spaces.
Many gardens after October can
start to look rather dog-eared and
colourless, with all those empty
borders and drifting piles of windblown
leaves, so it can be tempting
just to shut the door on it all until
next spring.
However, it doesn’t have to be
like that. There are plenty of quick
fixes to ensure that you enjoy
colour and texture in the garden
right through the winter.
The simplest solution is to invest
in some hardy winter bedding
plants, and plant them into all
those bare spots in your flower
beds, as well as using them to fill
troughs, urns, baskets and other
containers to brighten up your
exterior space.
Probably the most popular
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