Spring Bulbs & Plants

Narcissus 'Carlton' is a steadfast classic: a large-cupped daffodil in clear, sunny yellow, finished with a slightly paler trumpet. It has a pleasingly robust presence in the spring garden, returning year after year with an air of effortless reliability.

Exceptionally versatile, it settles happily into borders and underplanting, and looks equally smart in pots by the front door. For a more natural look, scatter through grass and allow the clumps to build over time for an unforced sweep of colour in March and April.

• Flowering: March–April
• Height: 50cm
• Bulb size: 12/14
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Growing skill: Easy
• Also noted for: AGM, Pollinator Friendly, Deer Resistant

Narcissus 'Bridal Crown' is a quietly luxurious double daffodil, cherished for its creamy-white blooms warmed with soft yellow and, most notably, its delicious fragrance. Flowering through mid-spring, it brings a refined brightness to borders, gravel gardens and smart pots by the front door—equally lovely gathered for a simple, scented vase indoors.

• Flowering: March–May
• Height: 50cm
• Best for: Borders, containers and cutting gardens
• Character: Double flowers, beautifully scented

Plant in generous drifts for a classic spring display, or tuck into containers where the perfume can be enjoyed at close quarters. As a fully hardy perennial, it will return each year, building into a handsome, clump-forming presence with time.

Narcissus ‘Barrett Browning’ is a beautifully composed small-cupped daffodil, prized for its crisp white petals and a neatly defined orange cup. It brings a bright, clean note to spring planting schemes—equally at home threading through grass, lifting a border edge, or arranged in pots by the door.

Dependable and easy to grow, it forms clumps over time and returns year after year. Plant in autumn for a poised display from early to mid-spring.

• Colour: White with orange
• Flowering: March–May
• Height: 50cm
• Where to plant: Borders, pots and containers, naturalising in grass
• Pollinator friendly: Yes

Narcissus 'Avalanche' is a beautifully mannered daffodil, carrying generous clusters of small blooms—crisp white petals poised around a neat yellow cup, with a light, pleasing scent. It is particularly elegant threaded through the front of borders, tucked beneath deciduous shrubs, or gathered in pots by the door for a refined spring welcome.

Flowering reliably from March to May and reaching around 35cm, it forms tidy clumps over time and looks wonderfully at home in both traditional cottage planting and smarter city courtyards. Plant in autumn and allow it to settle; the display improves year on year.

• Colour: White with yellow
• Flowering: March–May
• Height: 35cm
• Bulb size supplied: 12/14cm
• Best for: borders, containers and underplanting

Muscari 'Valerie Finnis' is a rather distinguished grape hyacinth, producing dense, pale blue flower spikes from early to mid-spring. It is particularly handsome when planted in generous drifts, allowed to naturalise through grass, or threaded neatly along the front of a border for a calm, tonal effect.

With a tidy, clump-forming habit and fresh green foliage, it suits both classic garden schemes and contemporary planting alike. For the most refined finish, combine with early narcissus, species tulips, or white spring flowers and let the soft blue do the rest.

• Colour: Pale blue
• Flowering: March–May
• Height: 25cm
• Spread: 10cm
• Best in: borders, containers, naturalising

Muscari 'Night Eyes' is a particularly handsome grape hyacinth, sending up compact, bell-shaped flower spikes in rich violet-blue, each neatly finished with a crisp white tip. The effect is beautifully refined—ideal for threading through spring borders, edging paths with precision, or dressing pots where detail matters.

Plant in autumn and allow it to settle in; it will return reliably each spring and, in the right place, will naturalise into charming drifts. Its early flowers are welcome to bees and other pollinators, and it makes an elegant companion to tulips, narcissus and early perennials.

• Deep violet-blue bells tipped in white for a clean, tailored look
• Excellent for naturalising, edging and spring containers
• Fully hardy and straightforward to grow
• Pollinator friendly
• RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM)

Muscari latifolium 'Grape Ice' is a quietly striking grape hyacinth, sending up neat, densely packed spring spires with a most pleasing two-tone finish: deep purple at the base, graduating to a crisp white tip. Lightly scented and eminently well-mannered, it slips beautifully through the front of borders, under shrubs and trees, and into pots where its detail can be appreciated up close.

Plant in autumn and allow it to settle; by spring it forms a tidy clump of fresh green foliage and elegant bell-shaped blooms—excellent for threading amongst tulips and other spring companions, and charming in small cut posies.

• Colour: Purple & White (bi-colour)
• Flowering: March to May
• Height: 20cm
• Habit: Clump-forming perennial
• Best for: Borders, containers and underplanting

Muscari armeniacum is the sort of spring bulb one comes to rely upon: neat, clump-forming foliage topped with dense, upright spires of violet-blue bells, each delicately tipped in white. Thread it through borders for a crisp early lift, tuck it beneath shrubs and roses, or let it quietly naturalise in grass where it will settle in and return with increasing charm.

Exceptionally easy to grow and fully hardy, it is a refined little workhorse for pots, pathways and rock gardens—particularly handsome when planted in generous drifts.

• Colour: Violet-blue with white tips
• Flowering: March to May
• Height: 20cm
• Best for: Containers, borders, underplanting, naturalising in grass