Order now to have your garden bursting with colour this spring with a fantastic selection of flowering bulbs all at 15% off.

Delivery will be during October.

Allium Collection – £25 Contains 8 allium ivory queen white, 8 allium atropurpureum, 8 allium purple sensation, 8 allium karataviense, 8 allium cristophii. Click to find out more.	Tulip Mix – £25 Contains 100 Tulips of mixed colours and varieties for flowering April to May. Click to find out more.	Spring Collection – £15 Contains 6 tulip pink diamond, 6 tulip blue diamond, 10 narcissi thalia and 6 hyacinth blue jacket. Flowers April and May. Click to find out more.
Parrot Tulips – £25 Contains 10 tulip erna lindgreen, 10 tulip exotic parrot, 10 tulip texas flame, 10 tulip apricot salmon and 10 tulip white rebel for flowering April to May. Click to find out more.	Narcissi Mix – £19.50 Contains 100 narcissi of mixed colours and varieties for planting this autumn for flowering March to April. Click to find out more.	Hot Collection – £19.50 Contains 10 tulip daydream, 10 tulip yokohama, 6 narcissi jetfire, 30 iris danfordiae and 5 arum italicum for flowering April and May. Click to find out more.
Hanging Basket Filler – £12.95 Contains 7 narcissi tete a tete and 25 muscari armeniacum for flowering between April and May. Click to find out more.	Double Snowdrops – £22 Contains 30 double snowdrops of mixed varieties for flowering January to February. Click to find out more.	Daffodil Mix – £22 Contains 100 daffodils of mixed colours and varieties for flowering March to April. Click to find out more.
Amaryllis – £12.95 Amaryillis picotee is a traditional winter favourite, with huge, trumpet-shaped flowers held aloft tall stems. Planted in pots, it will grace any windowsill with colour for several weeks between December to April. Click to find out more.	Miniature Narcissi – £15 Contains 10 narcissi tete a tete, 10 narcissi minnow, 10 narcissi thalia and 10 narcissi baby moon. Flowering March to May. Click to find out more.

Any advice gratefully received.

• Buy your flowers from a reputable outlet
• Choose blooms with firm petals or with buds which are showing some colour
• Keep them well wrapped until you get them home
• Keep them in water until you are ready to start arranging
• Make sure vases are very clean
• Use fresh lukewarm water and add commercial cut flower food
• Remove all leaves which fall below the water level
• Take at least 3cm (1″) off all stems, making a slanted cut with sharp scissors
• Don’t smash or pierce the stems
• Avoid placing the arrangement in direct sunlight, heat, or draughts
• Keep flowers away from ripening fruit
• Don’t mix daffodils with other flowers
• Remove faded flowers as they occur
• Top up the water regularly and add fresh flower food

Glass bottles come in interesting shapes and colours, and reduce arranging to its basics.

Choose flowers with large heads like gerbera, lilies, orchids or sunflowers – add one stem per bottle and line them up on your mantelpiece for instant glamour.

Most household containers, such as jugs and jam jars can be used for displaying flowers. With smaller containers the flowers look better with the stems cut short, so that the flower heads just reach the rim of the container. Choose flowers with full heads like dahlias, carnations, chrysanthemums and daffodils.

Try using flowers of the same colour some instant impact or use lots of interesting foliage for a rustic feel. If you have an attractive container but it isn’t waterproof, place a jar or glass inside to hold the flowers. To quickly change the look of a vase or container try wrapping a headscarf or gift wrap around it.

Use flowers which co-ordinate with the colours in the fabric or paper. Alternatively cover the outside of the vase in double-sided tape and stick leaves, raffia or ribbons all around.

A really interesting and very easy feature to produce is to cut off individual flower heads and float them in a shallow dish of water. Add small floating candles for a dramatic dinner party feature.