You don't need me to remind you that the weather is still cold, wet and depressing and most gardens smell of nothing but damp rotting leaves and mud.
But a little bit of clever planting can bring the scent of a hot sunny day to the bleakest winter afternoon, as Corinne Julius discovered with the help of Maggie Campbell Culver, the author of The Origin of Plants. The Origin of Plants: The People and Plants That Have Shaped Britain's Garden History Since the Year 1000 by Maggie Campbell Culver, published by Headline; ISBN: 074727214X
