Best Winter Plants For Kitchen-Window Appeal

In the depths of winter, when you can’t always get outside, you need shrubs whose flowers and foliage can be admired from afar, says Graham Rice.

- Graham Rice

There’s no getting away from the fact that in winter, when it’s cold, and perhaps windy too, we sometimes don’t feel like taking a stroll around the garden in boots and a heavy coat to admire the results of our efforts. Luckily, we don’t always have to – thanks to plants that can be appreciated as we stand at the kitchen sink or look out of the bedroom window.

At this time of year you need options with impact from a distance – whether that is courtesy of flowers, foliage or even bark. With these plants, the close-up detail is less important; it is the colour that counts. But what is the best way to help that colour shine?