September and October are great months for planting. The soil is still warm from the summer sunshine and is moist due to more rainfall. What’s more, roots will have plenty of time to grow and become established before the sap rises in spring and plants surge into growth again.

We have a large choice of herbaceous plants and if they are planted now they will become well established and reward you with a glorious display next year.

Plant up bedding plants and bulbs for cheerful colour throughout winter and into spring.

• Pansies and Violas should flower their socks off from now until spring.
• Primroses and Polyanthus start flowering in midwinter and last well into spring.
• Plant tubers of the dainty Cyclamen coum, which flowers in the depth of winter.
• Forget-me-not (Myosotis) provides colour for a long period from early spring and looks lovely with daffodils and other spring bulbs.
• Wallflowers bloom in late spring and associate well with tulips.

A huge selection of bedding plants and bulbs are available now at The Mains of Drum. Add more interest by using evergreens like heathers, small conifers and shrubs, and trailing ivy.