Gardening expert shares the blooms to enjoy this season
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For a gardener, nothing beats the start of spring with plants beginning to wake up from their dormant period over the winter months and bulbs beginning to bloom. All the hard work planting
the bulbs will have happened during the autumn and seeing them spring to life is a sure sign warmer weather is on the way. If like me, you forget what you planted and where, there is always
the joy that comes with spotting that first tulip or daffodil and seeing the blooms bring a splash of colour to the garden. And for bulbs that have been in the garden for a few years, seeing
familiar plants wake up and take their place in your design scheme. Here are some of the blooms you’ll be enjoying this spring: SNOWDROPS These are one of the first plants to start to
flower with their small, milk white bell-shaped flowers. These multiply freely over time and will bring Spring cheer to your garden year after year. BLUE GRAPE HYACINTHS Blue Grape Hyacinths
with their tiny bell-shaped blue-purple florets, look like an upside-down bunch of grapes. SIBERIAN SQUILLS Siberian squills are dainty spikes of nodding, bell-shaped violet blue flowers
with slender, glossy leaves. These will naturalise in areas of semi-shade and will flower year after year. CHIONODOXA PINK GIANT - GLORY OF THE SNOW These are one of the prettiest spring
flowering bulbs producing pink star shaped flowers. Chionodoxa are perfect for alpine gardens, rockeries or borders and will spread over time.