The ‘sulky’ plant that gives your garden a gorgeous winter bloom if you do two important jobs now

AS temperatures continue to drop, homeowners across the country are eager to finish their autumn gardening tasks before winter arrives.

And October and November are officially spring bulb planting months.

But while one plant has ‘winter’ in the name and seems like an obvious choice to buy now, gardeners have moaned it’s “sulky” and are boycotting it.