“As the spring bulbs start to emerge and bloom, if you didn’t plant any in your garden last autumn, you’ll probably wish you had. But don’t go without. Garden Centres will be selling a varity of spring bulbs that will flower in pots and they are perfect for just sinking in the ground or tubs and window boxes, pots and all. Instant colour and no one will ever know,” she laughs.
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A couple of Valerie’s garden favourite are Lonicera fragrantissima (Winter Honeysuckle) and snowdrops as she feels they both signify the end of the winter and are full of spring hope. “And did you know that the leaves of snowdrops are actually pre-strengthened to enable them to push up through frozen ground, like little ice picks,” she adds. “They are equipped to get through the most hostile of grounds.”
