The right plants can give you a beautiful winter garden

Use the right plants and you can still get a wonderful display through the colder months, writes Peter Dowdall.

Every season in the garden brings its own charm and the winter is no different. The beauty during this seemingly dormant season may be more subtle than during the summer months. Gone are the masses of summer flowers, buildings awash with trailing petunias and geraniums. Gone too, are the herbaceous perennials, taking to underground once more to perform their magic again next year.