Sculptures come into their own in a winter garden

Hard to believe but it’s the 1st of December tomorrow! Where has the year gone? Before we know it will be the shortest day later in the month and the nights start drawing out again. It certainly started to turn a bit colder as we moved through November but some plants just don’t mind the cold weather, like the stunning fatsia “spider's web” in the garden. The Japanese Aralia, to give it its proper name, is a low maintenance, striking evergreen shrub with a notably tropical feel, featurin