With spring well underway, it’s time to plan and plant for the summer. Debi Holland chooses her five favourite summer bulbs and offers her tips and advice along the way
Bulbs
Gardening for beginners – Planting Bulbs
Martyn Cox helps demystify gardening with his friendly and accessible advice.
Planting bulbs for spring drama
Plan ahead for a fabulous spring display by planting bulbs
Which bulbs are good for pots?
Geoff Stonebanks share’s his advice for planting bulbs in pots and containers
Five great alliums
Add drama and colour to your early summer garden with ornamental alliums.
What bulbs can I plant now for spring interest?
Debi Holland chooses Five Autumn Bulbs for Spring Colour
What is lasagne planting?
Jean Vernon explains the lasagne technique when it comes to planting bulbs
Planting bulbs
Bulbs are one of the easiest things to grow in a garden. Plant them in the autumn for spectacular spring flowers.
What are annual, biennial and perennial plants?
Martyn Cox unravels the difference.
Five plants to attract butterflies
Encourage more butterflies into your garden by choosing plants with nectar rich flowers
What are Tree Lilies?
Looking like lilies on steroids, tree lilies produce towering stems that are capable of carrying up to 30, dinner plate sized blooms in summer. Apart from their dramatic good looks, the flowers possess an intoxicating scent that makes spending time outside a true sensory experience.
My Flower Power Story – Our Magic Potion
Susan and Keith Wells were gifted Flower Power by a grateful neighbour, now they use it in their garden and call it their Magic Potion
How do I make the most of tulips?
Top tips and advice on planting tulips in the garden and lawn from Geoff Stebbings.
Which summer flowering bulbs work well in containers?
Geoff Stonebanks uses summer flowering bulbs to augment his garden containers with great effect
Spring bulbs in containers Driftwood
Create a crescendo of colour in your pots and containers, says award winning garden designer Geoff Stonebanks
What’s so great about Cannas?
If you’ve never grown cannas you are missing a great gardening trick says Jean Vernon
Five winter-flowering plants
Choose some great plants that flower in winter to add interest to your garden. Plantsman Graham Rice chooses his five favourite winter beauties.
How do you keep a garden looking good?
After the summer to remember! Geoff Stonebanks shares his tips of keeping display of garden colour going
Five great crocus
Crocuses are sometimes underrated garden gems, bringing a welcome splash of colour to gardens, heralding the end of winter and the start of the much-awaited longer days and warmer weather ahead.
Five bulbs to plant and forget
Plan ahead and plant bulbs this autumn for weeks of colour next spring. Graham Rice has five garden stalwarts you can buy and plant now.
Daffodil – Book review
Jean Vernon reviews Helen O’Neill’s iconic Daffodil book
An icon of spring, the daffodil is revered as a cut and garden flower, but there is so much more to this herald of spring than meets the eye.
Grow lily ‘Night Rider’
With long lasting, exotic blooms in the richest, deepest black purple possible, lily ‘Night Rider’ is the most exotic plant for your garden this season.
Grow Oriental lilies
Grow Oriental lilies for a rich fragrance and exotic blooms. Plant bulbs in garden borders or in pots for colour and scent all summer long!
Wildlife, exotic butterflies and mint tea
It’s been a crazy few weeks in the garden and beyond for Jean Vernon as she enjoys the bounty of nature, travel and more
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