Our second new chum in our A-Z of the best plants ever (no big claims here) is the beautiful brugmansia.

Daphne is seriously hot stuff. Find out more about her here.

Meet the glamorous pussy willow, also known as Salix caprea

Here’s one of the sweetest early-flowering shrubs you’ll ever meet.

It doesn’t scramble or climb, but this superb-scented shrub is still a honeysuckle. Here’s why we love it so.

Forget teasels and other meagre seedheads: plant a Banksia for fabulous architectural impact.

These might not be the easiest presents to wrap, but F&F’s Christmas plant list sure beats a miserable-looking poinsettia.

Now here’s a plant that offers some pretty super-duper drama in the winter garden. The white-stemmed bramble (Rubus cockburnianus) is a fabulous plant, and here’s how to grow it.

Plant a Barberry in your garden for a burst of fun in the winter.

Oh go on: we know you’re dying to sneak some flowers into your winter garden. So here’s the loveliest you’ll find: the winter-flowering Camellia sasanqua.

There’s no such thing as a dull winter garden when you can plant it up with the horticultural equivalent of glow sticks. Meet our fabulous flame-barked friends: dogwoods, willows and brambles.

Ready to fall in love with an autumn plant made of the fantastic? Meet the Spindleberry.