Alan Gray and Thordis are feeling festive and they're celebrating with some seasonal Show and Tell from Alan's 32 acre garden on the Norfolk coast, from the plants you'd expect to be dazzling in December, to some unseasonal surprises.

PLANT LIST

Galanthus 'Santa Claus'

Galanthus plicatus 'Three Ships'

Galanthus elwesii 'Peter Gatehouse'

Narcissus 'Cedric Morris'

Narcissus 'Tête-à-tête'

Jasminum nudiflorum

Arum italicum subsp. neglectum 'Miss Janay Hall'

Iris unguicularis

Lonicera fragrantissima

Daphne bholua 'Darjeeling'

Viburnum × bodnantense

Sarcococca ruscifolia var. chinensis ‘Dragon Gate’

Camellia sasanqua 'Rainbow'

Camellia hiemalis

Camellia 'Sparkling Burgundy'

Camellia 'Sugar Dream'

Paeonia lactiflora 'Bowl of Beauty'

Viburnum tinus 'Israel'

Taxus baccata 'Standishii'

Griselinia littoralis 'Dixon's Cream'

Griselinia littoralis 'Bantry Bay'

Forsythia suspensa

Erysimum 'Parish's'

Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve'

Salvia curviflora

Tradescantia 'Maiden's Blush

Fuchsia 'Lottie Hobby'

Amarine belladiva 'Anastasia'

Helleborus niger

Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'

Euonymus

Ruscus aculeatus 'John Redmond'

Hebe 'Simon Delaux'

Abutilon 'Gerdmann'S Red'

Abutilon 'Estella's Little Bird'

Solanum laxum 'Album' syn. Solanum jasminoides Album

Solanum laxum 'Crèche du Pape'

Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca

Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina'

Hedera colchica 'Sulphur Heart'

Ilex 'East Ruston Gold'

Arum pictum 'Primrose Warburg'