Your guide to early spring planting
Get a head start on spring with some indoor gardening.
From sowing seeds to growing young plants and planting potatoes, discover what you can plant now with our easy step by step guides.
How to plant potatoes
Baked, mashed, roasted or fried, nothing tastes as good as your own home-grown crop of potatoes.
This versatile veg is loved by everyone and is one of the easiest to grow at home, making it ideal for beginners or a fun family project. You don’t even need a big garden to grow spuds - many varieties of potato will happily grow in a large bag or pot outside.
How to grow young plants
If you don’t have the time or space to sow seeds or take cuttings, then growing young plants is a convenient and quick way to get a head start on your very own summer flowers.
Just imagine in a few months’ time, when you can look across your garden and take in the sight of the bright, beautiful florals you’ve grown all by yourself .
Summer flowering bulbs to plant in spring
Whether you’re a newbie or a spring gardening enthusiast, bulbs are some of the easiest and most rewarding plants to grow.
Producing ever-popular flowers such as Dahlias, Gladioli and Lilies, bulbs provide weeks of colour in your garden come summertime and are great for lighting up your borders and pots - all for very little effort.
Some of our favourite plants
Dahlia Arthur Hambley Single Pack
A highly decorative, statement flower, it will be a gorgeous addition to your garden borders, containers and pots.
Petunia Nightsky Standard Seedling 5cm
Boasts unique white speckled, deep-purple flowers to fill your garden with colour.
Seed Potato Maris Piper 2kg
A good all-rounder that’s excellent for chipping, baking and roasting.
Dahlia Edinburgh Single Pack
Produces layers of purple petals tipped with white from summer into autumn.
Golden Gourmet Shallots Pack of 12
Produces a high yield of uniform, golden brown skinned shallots with a mild and sweet flavour.
Calibrachoa Can Can Sunrise Standard Seedling 5cm
Create a cascade of sunshine yellow flowers with orangey-red veining.
Get set for spring at Dobbies
