There's still plenty of time to give yourself a Spring full of flowers. Whether you're weaving a meadow tapestry, or bejewelling a balcony with pots, bulbs are the most egalitarian of gardening companions, inexpensive and incredibly easy to grow. Anytime between now and November is a great moment to put them in the ground.

I found some large galvanised metal containers at Sissinghurst car boot sale that I’ve planted up at our new studio and had fun experimenting with tulip combinations. Regrettably, I didn't pay too much attention to their flowering times, so I'll have to wait and see if these come up in symphony or not..!

All of the tulips I chose are reliably perennial so they should come up year after year, and I added a layer of narcissus for an early wave of brightness and scent. I’ve also included some Snake's Head Fritillaries, Snowdrops and Wood Anemones for a bit of wildness…

There is bright orange, palest pink & dark purple (Tulip Ballerina / T. Fur Elise / T. Back Parrot with Narcissus Geranium) then a riot of pinks, apricot, mauve, plum & purple (T. Apricot Beauty / T. Negrita / T. Menton / T. Candy Prince / T. Havran with N. Actaea & N. W.P Milner), and one more with the reddest of reds and a golden yellow (Appledoorn & Daydream and N. Continga) plus a couple of small terracotta pots with these wild flaming beauties.

Give your future self (or someone else) a gift, and plant a few bulbs in the coming weeks…