Mike Palmer celebrates the seasonal awakening of our gardens from their winter slumbers with trees, shrubs, perennials and bulbs to get seriously excited about

Make these diminutive gems the highlight of your cold-season garden

Erysimum Rysi Copper One of the definitions of a wallflower is that of a shy and awkward person with whom nobody wants to dance: I am sure we have all felt like that at some point in our adolescence.

Now spring is in sight, gorgeous plants herald a new season

Diminutive, varied and wonderfully easy, dwarf daffodils spread early colour through the garden, shining brightly in even the smallest spaces

Pop bulbs in borders or pots now for stunning summer blooms year after year