Monty’s month

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**Snowdrops are easy to naturalise through your garden, but it can take several years**

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BBC Gardeners World Magazine

19 January, 2023

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It’s time for sowing, planting alpine containers and living screens and tidying up old growth

Amateur Gardening

6 of the easiest early bloomers

Editor Kim Stoddart explains how to allow plants to grow a little wilder for greater all-weather protection

BBC Gardeners World Magazine

Around the garden

Amateur Gardening

Wise watering, growing celeriac and making the most of spring bulbs