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Much of my gardening time in September is spent planning for spring colour. I'm not wishing the year away - I love autumn in all its fading glory - but now is the time to buy spring-flowering bulbs for planting over the next couple of months

spring pot display of alpine plants.Potting up a display of spring-flowering primulasPruning spring-flowering shrubs.Layering spring bulbs in a pot.

and stone mulches on alpine gardens and scree bedsBuy summer-flowering bulbs to plant in spring, such as gladioli, tigridia, galtonia, eucomis, anemone, lily and acidanthera

. So will be repotting some this weekend to have enough pots for spring bulbs. The lillies will go in plastic pots and be put somewhere out of sight to allow the leaves to die back. Mine flower year after year despite being lifted in the green

What do I do with bulbs once they have flowered? Go to Kew Gardens and search out my mate Guy Moore, a horticulturist there. He's Adonis-handsome and single (curly blonde hair and blue eyes)! Can you suggest me some compost? I am new to gardening

into food to help the bulb flower the following year.I've planted most of my bulbs in pots for now, as my 'garden' is currently a series of concrete slabs. I plan to lift the slabs and replant the bulbs after they've flowered. But, seeing as I've run out

and containersPlant wallflowers, pansies, forget-me-nots and other spring beddingLift and divide congested clumps of perennialsLift gladioli and store their corms after the flowers have fadedSow hardy annuals outside for early flowers next summerBuy spring-flowering

More advice on hanging basketsSarah Raven demonstrates how to plant up a hanging basketWatering hanging basketsCreating a fragrant herb hanging basket displayPlanting up a summer hanging basketView plants by flower colourBrowse a selection of spring blooming

Hello, I just wanted to know whats the best way to store lily bulbs? mine have just finished flowering so I dugged them up and I don't know how to store them to grow next year Becasue I need to change the soil in that pot Alex, depends on what kind

A Dutchman at heart, I love to create a mini-Keukenhof         each spring in my garden. This year, I pulled out all the stops to dazzle neighbours, friends, colleagues, and strangers with a magical display of thousands of spring flowering bulbs