Plant this If you love silvery foliage and have a spot to fill in full sun, check out the shrub Elaeagnus ‘Quicksilver’. It grows to about 3m each way and the foliage is joined by honey-scented yellow blooms in summer. Downsides? It does produce suckers, so you may need to halt their spread in spring.

Plan this Plant swaps are a great way to offload excess plants and bag yourself something interesting in return. If there aren’t any local to you, why not set up your own? Sheffield plant swap holds regular events and its website is a mine of information on how to run a good swap.

Visit this If you want to see a stunning display of snowdrops, Hodsock Priory near Worksop in Nottinghamshire has 4m of them to enjoy on a signposted walk through Horse Pasture Wood. The garden opens from 8-16 February.