Spring Plant Display Pots

Now is an ideal time to brighten up your front door or patio by planting up a pot of spring plants. A beautiful container of plants will make an ideal Mother’s Day present. The garden centres have a great choice of colourful primulas, pansies and other spring plants to make up your own display. Add some height with a few tete-a-tete daffodils. These will last longer if you can find some that are still in bud.

Choose your container from the wide range of pottery and terracotta pots or pick a nice plastic pot or planter if you want something that is lighter to move around. The container must have a drainage hole so your plants roots don’t sit in water. It’s a good idea to place a stone or piece of broken pot loosely over the hole so the water can drain but the compost won’t fall through. Use a multi-purpose compost to half fill the container. Remove your plants gently from the pots they were sold in, tease out the roots a little to encourage growth and then arrange them in your chosen display pot. You may need to add more compost first, depending on the depth of the plant roots. When you are happy with your arrangement, gently push more compost between the plants so there are no air gaps and carefully firm in the plants. Leave about an inch of space above the compost and the rim of the pot to allow for watering.

Now sit back and enjoy your very own creation but remember not to let your pots dry out.

Contributed by Cynthia Bidwell