The vibrant, jewel-like tones of delicate crocus flowers popping up throughout beds and borders are a joy to behold as the seasons change in spring. These petite yet striking flowers are loved by UK ...

Once spring begins, it progresses with astonishing speed. My garden has begun to wake up from its winter dormancy and, like a runner at the start of a race, it seems filled with pent-up energy. Large ...

FOR many gardeners the period between the beginning of the year and summer is measured in flowering bulbs. Even if we didn’t have a calendar to guide us, we could still tell roughly whereabouts in the ...

In late winter, keep your eyes peeled for purple, yellow and white crocus flowers poking out of a bed of mulch or beneath a snowy blanket. These cup-shaped blooms appear in a swath of colors, painting ...

We should never undervalue crocuses. They may be almost invisible in dull weather, but in sun each becomes a six point star of colour. In my previous garden, I planted a job lot of crocus corms under ...

Born free: gardeners who cultivate the meadow look want crocuses to match It's crocus-envy time again. Shiny blobs of uniform purple and gold in the park never make me jealous: the barely there drifts ...

What is in full bloom in my garden can be finished and gone in London and have not yet put in an appearance of any kind in Aberdeen. And no year has been more difficult to call than this one, with ...

I’VE never liked the phrase ‘spring has sprung’. It suggests the season of rebirth arrives in a single flourish over a matter of days – one minute it’s winter then Bang! This, however, is not my ...