Spring Container Make-over

When hyacinths and narcissi have finished flowering don’t leave the tired plants to spoil your container. Although the spring flowering bulbs have finished now, the other plants still look great. You can quicky rejuvenate the planter by taking out the spent flower bulbs. Don’t throw them out, replant them in the garden, water them well and feed them so that the bulbs can bulk up for more flowers next season.

• Refill the planter with fresh new compost to fill in the holes where the bulbs have been. You can now plant into these gaps. We chose a selection of summer flowering bulbs from Unwins, a dahlia will grow up through the other plants and add more colour this summer. These are grown from tubers and are not hardy so protect the container if a frost threatens.
• If there are still a few gaps in the planter then choose some early summer interest plants. Euphorbia combines well with the red foliage of the heuchera. You can also add a small, evergreen hebe to add interest to the front of the container.
• Keep it well watered throughout the growing season and add some slow release fertiliser such as Feed-all Slow Release Tablets to feed the plants all summer long.

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