Blooming lovely
Try our pick of the most beautiful plants you can buy now
‘MINERS MERLOT’
£8.75/1L pot A must-have variety with dark red stems and plumes of acid-green flowers from spring to summer.
The colder it gets, the darker the foliage! Height & Spread 60cm. middletonnurseries.co.uk
CUSHION SPURGE
£7.50/1L pot With tidy mounds of zingy yellow heads all spring, Euphorbia epithymoides is one of the first to flower. Height 40cm Spread 60cm. hardysplants.co.uk
‘BLACK PEARL’
3 FUNKY euphorbias
£7.50/1L pot Black-eyed chartreuse-green flowers bloom for months on end but, being evergreen, this euphorbia is a looker year-round. Height 80cm Spread 50cm. bethchatto.co.uk
AZTEC LILY
Live in awe!
£4.25/1 bulb Also known as Sprekelia formosissima (best stick to its common name then!), this velvety orchid-like flower can be grown outside in a sheltered spot in the south or as a very glamorous houseplant. It’s neither a lily nor an orchid, but a member of the amaryllis family, and easily grown from a bulb. Swoon! Height 40cm Spread 10cm. angliabulbs.com
Three plants for mellow yellows
£44.99/ 5L pot
With tulip-shaped flowers adorning bare branches, irresistible newbie ‘Honey Tulip’ is great for a small garden. Height 4m Spread 3m. walkersnurseries.co.uk
£3.90/ 9cm pot
A native wildflower, Primula veris has clusters of nodding deep yellow fragrant flowers in spring. Height 20cm Spread 15cm. naturescape.co.uk
£8
