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risk of frost has passed, plant your dahlia in a sunny border outside, but first, hammer in a 1.2m  stake.Dig a hole at the base of the stake, about twice as wide as the rootball, then break up the subsoil.Add a deep layer of well-rotted manure or peat

for specimen plants.AdamIf there’s a chance of frost, pot these on rather than planting them straight outside.A couple of weeks after potting on, both mini- and standard plugs will benefit from feeding. Compost contains some fertiliser, but you’ll get better

frost-free, but often that's still only just above zero. My little rudbeckias and antirrhinums – both from the Seed Club 'Blooms for Bees' pack – have been so unhappy they simply stopped growing. Worse, the tomato seedlings turned an ominous shade