Royal Horticultural Society judges were due to assess the winter foliage of the bergenias in the trial at the Society's garden at Wisley near London today. No such luck - can't do much judging when the plants are completely covered in snow!!

In January, some plants in the Cortaderia trial were also still looking good, with their fluffy plumes still intact. Not today.

I don't think the judges were expecting to be assessing the Kniphofia (red hot poker) trial today - but it will be interesting to see if the results of the cold weather and unexpected snow covering.

Thank you to Ali Cundy of the RHS Trials Office at Wisley for these great pictures.