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and tulips reappear.Grow bluebells from seedCarol's tips for buying bulbsOnly buy bulbs from a reputable bulb merchant, garden centre or nursery, to ensure they haven't been taken from the wild. When buying from bulb catalogues, place your order early. Plan

to encourage new growth from below soil level.By summer the bush will have formed plenty of new shoots that will carry fruit the following summer.AdamMail order fruit nurseries have a great range of bare-root plants in autumn and winter.Advice on growing fruit

way of making more of these beautiful flowers. SnowdropsGarden fork or spadeFebruary - March 30 minutes for a good-sized clumpUse a garden fork or spade to lift clumps of snowdrops. Dig deeply all round the clump, before levering it out in order to get

, and use a fungicide if necessary.Control dieasesBefore being seduced by a pretty picture, consider which rose is best for your garden. Old-fashioned varieties rarely flower all summer long, while modern ones do. Order bare-root plants in summer

these plants flowering perfectly happily halfway up someone's house, but completely flowerless at or near eye-level.In order to keep the flowers where you can enjoy them, it's necessary to prune them back each winter. I do mine at the same time as I prune