Late Winter Survival Stories

'I only take holidays in winter, February if I can. Winter holidays make life in England worth living. I think summer holidays are insane.'

Derry Watkins, Top Person's Seed Supplier

The owner of Special Plants near Bath is from Connecticut, like all the best people. Her special seeds thrive in the cutting garden at Brooke Hall: Papaver rhoeas 'Mother of Pearl' (below), flaming in June.