Country Homes & Interiors

The May garden… Sow Grow Show

IN BLOOM

Peonies

Their ball-gown blooms dance through borders from late spring to early summer. These care-free fashionistas just need a sunny position and welldrained soil to flourish.

Tulips

These showy sentinels look great in pots. Plant bulbs from September to November for a spring display.

Magnolia

Goblet or star-shaped flowers charting the colour wheel from deepest magnolia, through to pink, yellow and

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