IT was Constance Spry who said she always started flower arranging with a walk around the garden. Who can better that advice? Particularly at this time of year, when the wink of a single rosehip’s orange casing from among a tangle of leafless grey stems brings as much pleasure on a chill day as a posy of flowers in high summer.
A gardener’s Christmas is all about searching for those brilliant spots of colour—the
