Peter Dowdall muses on the harbinger bloom, the delicate-looking, but tough-as-old-boots, Galanthus.

Peter Dowdall on the joys of snowbells, crocus and iris, breaking through the soil in pots and gardens now.

The end of 2013 was for hibernation, but the month of January and the first snowdrops, will encourage us back into the garden, writes Peter Dowdall

GARDENERS in the far south need no reminding that the widespread forms of early-flowering Cherry are an exquisite uplift often in early February and sometimes (in mild winters), a little sooner.