When the sun shines in March, it really does feel like winter has shuffled off to make way for spring. Though experience has taught me to greet this seasonal change with optimistic caution, as all too often temperatures can slump.
Thankfully, there are plants much tougher than me, coping better with the erratic nature of March's weather. In borders I'd champion narcissi, scillas and muscari. I love the electric-blue, bi-coloured species, along with the more flouncy ‘Ocean Magic’; both work well with the acid greens of low-growing and classic ‘W.P. Milner’. This year I'm trying a mix of , ‘Night Eyes’ and ‘Blue Magic’, planted in small terracotta pots topped with moss, where they should be equally enchanting temporarily indoors as they are on the garden table.
