Better Homes and Gardens Australia

WINTER SPARKLERS

1 PURPLE PUNCH

When it’s damp underfoot but a weak winter light sneaks through, create a carpet of hardy cyclamens. They pair so beautifully with bunches of dancing hellebores – also known as winter roses – because they both enjoy the same richly nourished soil, a spot protected from cold winds and the sunlight that now reaches the ground through foliage-free trees.

2 PINK POSITIVE

The hardiest of all proteas, ‘Pink Ice’ lights up the scene in winter with its soft dusky pink petals, each fringed in white and the whole velvety bloom nestled in a rosette-like cushion

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