Seed sowing and planting will be the top jobs for many gardeners. Serious gardeners get their plants and seeds from specialist suppliers, small family firms that supply plants and seeds by post. I look at the big advantages of receiving your plants with the letters and parcels in the morning post. How to find your plants and Nurseries using the invaluable 'Plant Finder' which lists thousands of plants and the nurseries that supply them. With freezing March winds whistling around my ears, I've been busy preparing for the new season.
Spring is now tantalizingly close.
Early summer cottage flowers of simple, quite beauty are perfect for town or country. They are unfussy well-mannered partners in the spring garden. If you love restrained beauty, you will love these early summer perennials. As winter slowly releases its icy grip, we look at yet more early spring perennials. Hellebores have become very popular recently and rightly so.