Monty’s month

As the long nights shorten, Mounton House garden quietly emerges from winter with delicate sprinklings of white narcissi, Scilla siberica and crocuses through the lawns. Daphnes fill the air with frag

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

Pot them up now for early colour and free plants from the new shoots

It’s all systems grow in Fiona’s small, town garden in Lincolnshire now that spring is here

What to plant, pot and prune this month, plus a few treats to buy and inspiration further afield

As winter eases and spring beckons, longer days bring the garden to life – and your growing year starts here…