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This time of year is bare root planting time. Many plants, from roses to wallflowers to hedges, are suitable for bare root planting during this time of year. Cheaper, and easy to do there's a really informative article about bare root planting in the Irish Times.
Take a look at some lovely plants and shrubs flowering in December
Protect tender plants from early frosts
Great time for planting tulips
3. Check for Hellebore black spotDon't let your water butt freeze
Check out shrubs and plants looking good in December for planting inspiration
More gardening tips for December
The Sunday Gardener YouTube Channel
Check out 80 short videos on The Sunday Gardener's YouTube channel full of gardening tips and ideas.
Ideas for the Best shrubs and plants for Winter Colour
Cheer up the Winter gloom
Best shrubs and plant for autumn and winter colour.
The bright red holly berries lift the winter gloom and are so festive. Hollies are a slow-growing shrub. Looks lovely as a standalone specimen and also good for hedging. To get the berries, you have to have both sexes and their names are very counterintuitive! Check out growing Hollies.
There are a number of lovely winter flowering Clematis illustrated is C 'winter beauty'. It needs a sheltered spot but no tricky pruning this Clematis, which is a group 1. See Suttons deal of the week.
Mahonia is in full bloom in December with bright yellow upright flowers, often scented. They are easy to grow, tough shrubs ideal in mixed shrub border.
Autumn is a great time for planting. The increased rainfall gets shrubs off to a good start. If you are looking for planting ideas to add colour to your garden now, there are lots of plants and shrubs looking good in November.
Its Christmas Wreath Time!
It is easy to make a free, colourful, eco friendly Christmas Wreath. You can use any plant materials to hand in your garden and follow my step-by-step guide in this video. There is also a longer version if you want to sit back with a cuppa and start to create.
Once the festive season is over, keep the cornus ring to reuse next year and compost the rest of the Wreath. And all for free!
Grab a gardening bargain. Great offers from Suttons Specialist on line garden retailer.
Offers Trending In December
Deal of the week is the lovely winter flowering C, winter beauty.
Make your front door truly stylish with this offer from Suttons 2 standard Hollies 'Golden King' reduced from £32.99 to £19.99
Gardening ideas and inspiration
Flowering plants and Perennials
There are so many perennials to choose from. Ideas and inspiration about the best spring and summer flowering plants, 20 great scented plants, and 10 easy grow plants.
How to beat the slugs and plant slug resistant flowers and shrubs.
Get more out of your plant with the best long flowering plants which bloom for weeks.
Pick up tips on drought-resistant plants and select the best climbing plants for your garden.
Plus detailed growing advice to get the right plant in the right place.
All About Shrubs
Shrubs are the backbone of the garden. They add form and structure all year round. There are shrubs for all gardens, soils and aspect and many are maintenance.
For growing advice, ideas and images of spring and summer flowering shrubs.
12 of the best evergreen shrubs and fast-growing evergreen shrubs.
Shrubs for autumn and winter interest
and shrubs for shade.
Wildlife friendly and sustainable gardening
The best plants to attract butterflies and bees into your garden. Which shrubs are most loved by birds.
Create a haven for birds and wildlife with a wildlife garden and natural planting.
Top tips for sustainable gardening and how to be a greener gardener.
The benefits of a garden pond as magnet for wildlife
Monthly gardening Calendar
The Sunday Gardener's monthly calendar is full of topical gardening tips
Month by month gardening advice to help you manage your garden.
Timing can be very important, especially around the tricky subject of pruning and what to plant out and when.
The month by month gardening guides will keep you on track and is a complete seasonal guide to gardening.
Growing your own veg.
Growing your own veg has become so popular, and rightly so. It lets you produce satisfying, fresh and wholesome veg and saves money.
It can be daunting at first. Why not start with the 10 easiest vegetables to grow?
Follow the Sunday gardener's step-by-step guides for individual veg growing requirement.
Short of space, check out the best veg for growing in containers.
Top Gardening tips
Top gardening tips including how to be a greener gardener plus 10 best ways to save money in the garden.
The 8 best ways to get rid of slugs and snails.
What is the Chelsea chop and how to use it.
Glossary: Frost Hardy. What does it mean and does it matter?
Make your own plant supports
