Containers spilling over with spring flowers are guaranteed to perk up the most dismal outlook. There is a surprising number of colourful plants to choose from, ranging from dainty flowering bulbs such as Lilliputian irises, crocuses, daffodils, aconites and grape hyacinths, which mingle happily among violas and primulas. Meanwhile, body and texture is injected with a mixture of evergreen heathers, grasses, skimmias, periwinkles or ivies.
Style tip
Soften the hard edges of the basket with trailing plants such as ivy, periwinkle or clematis
Gold tinted
A key to creating beautiful displays lies in arranging the plants so that the proportions are balanced. In this basket, the central plant is a small evergreen ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’ spindle which, from whatever side the basket is viewed, provides a vibrant green ‘Katharine Hodgkin’, a
