My Favourite 5… Spring Flowers

Mother Nature throws a huge party in spring, showing off some of her most flamboyant flowers and a growing massive flush of fresh new foliage. It’s wonderful to emerge from the cold depths of winter to celebrate spring with beautiful flowers that can fill entire garden beds, or pots filled with colourful blooms to brighten outdoor living areas. Here are my five favourite spring flowers to inspire you to get floral in the garden!

- Angie Thomas

SWEET PEAS

I love burying my nose in a bunch of sweet peas. Their sweet fragrance is intoxicating. Whether you cover an entire fence with tall sweet peas, grow them up a tepee or fill a window box or hanging basket with dwarf varieties, they’re the perfect way to welcome spring. Sweet peas are easy to grow from seed, which should be sown in mid-late autumn. Put a note in your gardening diary for next year! The key to a long and fabulous spring sweet pea display is feeding every one to two weeks with a high-potassium fertiliser such as Yates Thrive Roses & Flowers, regularly removing spent flowers and controlling powdery mildew, a disease that appears like a dusting of white powder over the leaves.

WISTERIA