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As an avid watcher of Gardeners World, I follow Monty's advice.  I planted some early sweet peas as per his trial.  I have them in the green house.  Nipped out the growing tips as suggested, but they have grown away like mad.  Going to have to put

Learn how to plant colchicums, and pick up advice on soil enrichment, drainage and corm planting depth, in Chris Bearshaw's video guide.summerMore advice on plantingHow to plant in wavesGrowing dahlias from seedBrowse a variety of crocuses

with new aquatic plantsKeep newly planted trees and shrubs well watered until establishedAvoid mowing off leaves of crocus and dwarf bulbs growing in lawns until early June

I've got 60 bulbs of saffron crocus in my back garden in pots with a gravel top layer. foliage is plentyful and they look in great condition. the problem I'm having is flowering.  I had about 10-15 flowers early december then I persume it became too

and crocus I didn’t realise my garden didn’t get any sun until late-May, so the alliums flopped over (they can develop weak stems and flop if grown in shade) and the crocus flowers didn’t open. At least this year I know the alliums will flop so I can plant

but an adjacent farmer's field is full of them for sale. They seed easily I think. So it is possible to grow them from seed if you don't mind waiting a few years for flowers? Yes, crocus pop up everywhere in my garden. Perhaps the leaves of the developing

, daffodils and crocusCreate a spring window box of tulips, thyme and honeysuckleVideo advice on picking tulips,from Sarah RavenHow to deal with tulip virusHow to deal with tulip fireBrowse tulip speciesGrowing tulips - Gardeners' World blog by James Alexander-Sinclair

sprouting above the soil. For the same reason, the grass is still growing in the lawn and really needs mowing again even though I thought I'd mowed it for the last time this year. Now I'm worried that if the crocuses are sprouting in the lawn and I do mow

't grow - you might have the perfect conditions for them. They grow best in grass or well-drained but damp soil in the sun or half shade. If you don't let them dry out completely they should be ok. PS - great news about the crocuses. Plant them somewhere

crocus have popped their heads through and are now in flower, it was such a lovely surprise. All my tomato plants are growing really well and I've sown herbs this week as well, they are in their propagators sat on my kitchen window cill. It is so nice