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The early bird... gets very cold trying to photograph flowers in the frost. The weather this past week has been chilly in my neck of the woods, but frost brings its own beauty to our gardens. Frost is an ephemeral beauty that melts with the rising

What a start to the year it's been, with sub-zero temperatures pushing up heating bills that many are already struggling to pay. But some good must have come out of this cold weather, surely? Frost turns pavements and roads into lethal ice rinks

When the first hard frost struck in my garden at the end of October, it was the kiss of death for so much of the long-lasting summer colour. Busy Lizzies crumpled instantly, summer bedding packed up shop, and leaves started falling from the trees

.I'm happy we haven't experienced any harsh late frosts. These could prove the kiss of death for delicate wisteria flowers, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that May treats me kindly with mild weather. Frost is a damaging force, prematurely ruining flower

Why is it that just as my wisteria reaches its peak the weather breaks and we get night after night of cold weather and frost?!After buying a wistera and not being able to find the right home for it, I decided to experiment by training it as a

with fresh water - do try to do this when topping up feeders.Any tender plants still left outside will, or should I say won’t be alive now! Even those brought under cover and into an unheated greenhouse will probably have been frosted. That doesn’t mean they

an occasional watering to keep them going.My gladioli produced lots of cut flowers during August, and I lifted their fat corms at the weekend. They should store well, nestled cosily in a box of dry, insulating vermiculite to keep them frost free. Hopefully they

are not the same. Some naturally flower earlier and others later, so by choosing varieties carefully you can ensure a long season of colour from February through to April. By doing this you can enjoy some of them without experiencing the damaging affects of frost

the past few years is a plant I can't recommend highly enough ... Brunnera 'Jack Frost'. Its large silvery leaves delicately tattooed with a green margin and veins shine out almost all year, even from deep summer shade. On dull days it cries out

to provide a warm duvet to protect them from frost, but I didn't. Milder winters have been on my side, heavy penetrating frosts haven't struck, and my tubers have survived! Dahlias are so easy to raise from seed, producing plants for just a few pence instead