What to plant for winter colour

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Gardening novice here. I was wondering if there is anything I should be planting now or over summer to give some colour to the garden in the winter months.

I only have patio front and back (and I rent so can’t change this) so everything will need to be in pots, large or small - any guidance appreciated!

Ornamental grasses bring soft golden colour and structure.

Female holly shrubs for evergreen leaves and berries.

Hellebores and some early flowering varieties of daffodils for flowers.

Cornus dogwood 'midwinter fire' offers amazing hues of red and orange.

I don’t know if it would work in a pot but I’ve got a couple of very bright spotted Laurel.

Fatsia Spiders Web
Coronilla valentina subsp.glauca ‘Citrina’ - mine has been flowering since Christmas and it has a lovely scent
Ajuga
Bergenia - one with noted red winter leaf colour
Erysimum Bowles Mauve
Euphorbia Purpurea

Cyclamen . Last all winter, go for the red or the white rather that the pink which can be a bit insipid. Team them with dark leaved ivy in a pot with a small conifer or two. In the autumn you will be able to buy them in garden centres.

Oh wow these are all gorgeous! Thanks so much

Skimmia has colour all winter

I have several corpus midwinter fires and they are amazing. Right at the dullest, darkest time, their neon orange branches light up the garden. Such a delight. I planted blue fescue behind for an amazing contrast.

WTF just seen cornus autocorrected to corpus

I was also going to suggest cyclamen. They look great in pots and you can get standard and miniature versions so great for adding a bit of depth to a display of pots.

I’m a big fan of Jasminum nudiflorum AKA Winter Jasmine. Does well in a big pot and you can add a trellis if you’d like. Not the most fragrant of jasmine, but you should get 4-5 months of flowers from November onwards.

Brilliant recommendations, thank you!

You can grow daphne which has an amazing scent. Take a while to establish itself (likes it sheltered and a bit of shade) and stays beautifully scented for upto 6 weeks or so. Also, pulmonaria is a shade lover flowers in Feb. time over a very long period (mine's just finished) and the bees love them. Winter aconites are early spring flowers too but they're quite invasive though. Cyclamen are lovely in part shade.