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

This is the month of horticultural happiness, and with everything looking fresh, green and lush, even the burgeoning weeds become – briefly – delightful additions to the garden. Selfheal sprouts gaily

Professor Buczacki is a borticultural expert, weiter and former chair of Gardeners Question Time

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

Fresh experiments signal a season of change in the garden

Advice and inspiration with Nige Eaton , horticulture expert at Moss & Moor, Ilkley