Peter Dowdall: Time to enjoy the green energy of spring in your garden

Blink and you'll miss some of the magic taking place in your room outside at this exciting time of year

Teasel is a beautiful native plant in any garden, loved by bees and butterflies when in flower and later, will act as a feeding station for small birds. Picture: iStock

THE energy simmering beneath our feet all winter is emerging above ground all over the landscape right now in the form of grass growth, leaves and flowers bursting from dormant buds and of course flower bulbs.

The spring-flowering bulbs are growing in front of our eyes at the moment, with many already done for the year, early crocuses have done their thing, opened their cheery goblet-shaped faces to the sun and passing insects and are now becoming compost once more.