Doorstep pots - ideas for autumn/winter ?

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I've got a pot either side of my front door which I've been changing during the year to give me a little cheer when stepping out in the morning. I've had cow slips, hellebores, lobelia and currently pelagoniums. But what can I have with a bit of colour over the winter months ? All I can think of is cyclamen.. (I'm not keen on pansies).

Two pots, around 6 inches...

I am hopping on your thread to get ideas too! This is my lament EVERY year....and like you, I'm not keen on Pansies and Cyclamen!

Give cyclamens a chance, but the ones with small flowers; they have a glorious perfume. White and pale pink have the best niff.

echt is it a particular variety of cyclamen that smell ie do I need to buy corns from somewhere special ? The regular ones in garden centres are the larger, odour free varieties...

Cyclamen and ivy for our winter baskets. Sorry, not very inspiring

I think you need to learn to love pansies. I used to dislike them as I thought they were 'old people' plants but I have come to like them and am now pleased to see their little faces grinning up at me

If you want a more modern look you could try dark, dark purple with white cyclymen.

I know they are a bit out of fashion but what about some ornimental cabbage. There are some lovely pale pink and white ones. You might have to order them online though.

I meant dark purple pansies with white cyclymen

Autumn flowering crocuses?

The smaller flowering ones were very easy to buy when I was last in the UK. I always bought the plants in flower.

Violas. Absolutely Lovely. Dead easy to grow.

Small evergreen shrubs