For longer grass, create a spring wildflower meadow, using bigger, later-flowering, sun-loving bulbs. Choose daffodils, fritillaria, tulips, camassias and alliums. Allium ‘Purple Rain’ in ...

This fritillaria dislikes disturbance ... With a preference for acid or ericaceous humus-rich soil, narcissus bulbs are best kept in a pot Credit: Getty Spring flowering cyclamen go from magenta ...