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, 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

. These are what is classed as'naked', bulbs. They lack the skin of say daffodils, so they cannot take being dried out. This is why the ones often bought from shops fail to grow, they have desiccated so much they are dead.

Can anyone help to stop it happening next spring ? All the buds were attacked by some insect, and I don't think anything escaped ! From Barbara in Paignton Which bulbs did you grow? I find that slugs seem to go for tulips ,daffodils-could that have

that the days are, finally getting longer. I succumb to the odd bunch of flowers from the market or supermarket, somehow feeling that daffodils from Cornwall are an ethical treat, having not involved so many fossil fuels to grow and transport them.But it's far

Plant out tender summer-bedding plants, such as begonias, once all risk of frost has passedLook out for aphids on lupins, and spray with a soap-based insecticide if infectedPush canes into pots of tall-growing lilies and tie their stems

the tulips out as soon as flowering is over and let them dry off, plant them later in the year. Daffodils should be left in the pots until the leaves have died down completely, then get them out promptly as they will start to grow roots again in no time. All

Any idea how a daffodil has managed to pop up in the middle of the lawn. It has a flower bud on it. Lived here about 7 years and don't recall seeing anything there before. Puzzled...... They take quite a while from seed, maybe you missed the young

) ... spring flowering bulbs .... Spring bulbs is a good idea - you could grow daffodils in the grass. I have daffodils and crocus under fruit trees. Thanks busy ....................... looks like bulbs may be the likely option ? thanks ppl bad idea Any

and it worked. None died. i have some blind daffodils in the long grass but i think that may be because they are congested so i will dig them up and replant them in the green. I had loads of blind daffs last year, I put it down to the weather the year before

with low-growing stems can be propagated by layering, such as honeysuckle, mock orange (Philadelphus), rhododendron, magnolia and forsythiaDig up and divide clumps of winter aconitesPlant new shrubs and hardy perennialsCut away old foliage on Christmas