See this
As temperatures drop, there’s no better place to be in the garden than sheltered behind glass. Visit RHS Wisley in Surrey and you can join the butterflies revelling in the pleasant fug of the Glasshouse, also home to an array of rare and unusual tender plants. Butterflies in the Glasshouse is on until 8 March; rhs.org.uk/wisley for details.
Shred this
Don’t forget that Christmas tree sitting forlornly at your back door. Find your nearest recycling point at recyclenow.com, or make use of it in your garden. Shred or cut up the branches with secateurs, then use as a rough mulch under acid-loving blueberry bushes: the trunk can be chopped up and stacked next to the compost heap as an insect hotel.
Plant this
If you are looking for a new flowering shrub for your garden, try the hardy fuchsia ‘Hawkshead’, with delicate chandelier-drop blooms in pink-tinged white from June to October. Height and spread 90cm x 90cm. Order three plug plants for £9.99, or six for £14.98. All orders include free p&p. Call 0330 333 6856, quoting ref GU279, or go to theguardian.com/offers/plants. Dispatch in March 2015.
