Spring flowers in yellow (a potted collection for spring – yellow) £19.99
Position: bright but indirect light Soil: fertile: good potting compost Rate of growth: average Hardiness: fully hardy (includes some annuals) Current height: approximately 20cm (including trug) Bring a blast of spring colour indoors with this fab trug arrangement. The plastic and canvas-lined trug measures 25cm long x 17cm wide x 10cm high, and it has been planted up with a selection of spring favourites, each producing yellow flowers. It should give you weeks of colour, and after the display has faded, you can plant some of the items outside in the garden, where they will go on to flower year after year. Home care: Keep well watered while the plants are actively growing, feeding with a balanced liquid fertiliser at regular intervals. Although the trugs have ben lined with plastic, care should still be taken when watering – especially if it is sitting on your best furniture.

blue-white hydrangea (hydrangea with blue flowers) £14.99
Position: bright, filtered light and afterwards in the garden in full sun or partial shade Soil: Ericaceous compost, or outdoors in moist, well-drained, moderately fertile soil with an acidic pH Rate of growth: average to fast Flowering period: mainly summer Hardiness: fully hardy Current height: approximately 35cm (including pot) Hydrangeas have come on in leaps and bounds in recent years. No longer seen as something outdated and old-fashioned, there are lots of new and exciting varieties, which have really incredible flowers. Like this one, emerging lime green, they turning bluish purple as it ages. You would be thrilled if someone turned up on your doorstep with it, and after it has finished flowering, you could plant it outside in the garden, where it would go on to flower for many years to come. Garden care: Keep well watered and feed with a balanced liquid fertiliser at regular intervals. If you plant it outside, leave the old flower heads in place through the winter. As the new shoots start to emerge in spring cut back a third to a quarter of the previous seasons flowering stems to the base and cut back the remaining flower heads to the first pair of buds.

pink-white hydrangea (hydrangea with pink flowers) £14.99
Position: bright, filtered light and afterwards in the garden in full sun or partial shade Soil: good potting compost, or outdoors in moist, well-drained, moderately fertile soil Rate of growth: average to fast Flowering period: mainly summer Hardiness: fully hardy Current height: approximately 35cm (including pot) There is something really fresh about the colouring of this hydrangeas flowers. They emerge from bud chartreusse, but as they develop, they take on pink tones, which become more pronounced over time. This looks like a generous gift for the money, and is perfect for gardeners, as it can be planted outside in the garden when it has finished flowering. Garden care: Keep well watered and feed with a balanced liquid fertiliser at regular intervals. If you plant it outside, leave the old flower heads in place through the winter. As the new shoots start to emerge in spring cut back a third to a quarter of the previous seasons flowering stems to the base and cut back the remaining flower heads to the first pair of buds.

Primula obconica ‘Mauve’ (primrose with a mauve ceramic pot) £8.99
Position: bright filtered light Soil: John Innes No. 2 with some additional grit and leaf mould Rate of growth: average to fast Flowering period: winter and spring Hardiness: fully hardy Current height: approximately 30cm (including pot) This pretty plant will come with lots of green-eyed mauve flowers, which match the ceramic pot it has been placed in. It is such a pretty plant, that it will make a great gift, and although it may not be particularly long lived, it will certainly last longer than a bunch of flowers. Garden care: Water freely while the plant is actively growing, and feed with a balanced liquid fertiliser. Keep dryer when dormant. During the summer months, this plant can be moved outside to a sheltered spot on the patio, but must be overwintered inside in a cool, bright room.

Primula obconica ‘White’ (primrose with a white ceramic pot) £8.99
Position: bright filtered light Soil: John Innes No. 2 with some additional grit and leaf mould Rate of growth: average to fast Flowering period: winter and spring Hardiness: fully hardy Current height: approximately 30cm (including pot) Think of this as a longer lasting bunch of flowers – although in the right conditions, the plant may live for several years. It is incredibly pretty with its fresh green, slightly ruffled foliage and green-eyed, white flowers, which sit above on upright stems. Thot is planted into a plastic pot, but this sits in a white glazed ceramic pot, so it is ready just to pop straight onto a table or windowsill. Garden care: Water freely while the plant is actively growing, and feed with a balanced liquid fertiliser. Keep dryer when dormant. During the summer months, this plant can be moved outside to a sheltered spot on the patio, but must be overwintered inside in a cool, bright room.

Narcissus ‘Tête-à-tête’ in glass pot (miniature daffs in a glass pot) £8.99
Position: bright filtered light, or outside in full sun or partial shade Soil: good potting compost, or outdoors in well-drained soil Rate of growth: fast-growing Flowering period: usually late winter and spring, although they can be brought on (ie. ‘forced’) when grown indoors Hardiness: fully hardy Current height: approximately 40cm (including pot) Nothing heralds spring in quite the same way as a bunch of daffodils and their sunshine yellow colour always works wonders for the soul. This is one of the most popular forms as is famed for producing a loads of flowers on each plant. These have been potted up into a glass vase that can be placed on a bright windowsill until the flowers fade. Then plant them up outside and over the years they will spread to form a generous clump that will flower year after year. Please note: the pattern on the glass pots can vary. Garden care: While indoors, keep the plant in a cool room that gets lots of light. Water when dry, but make sure the excess water does not sit in the bottom of the pot for any length of time. After they have finished flowering, pop on some gloves and plant the bulbs 10-15cm deep outside in the gaden. Give them a feed with a balanced fertiliser, dead-head and allow the leaves to die back naturally.