Get ready now to spring into action

It's the best time to buy plug plants to grow on for summer bedding

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March is the month gardeners annually yearn for, marking the transition from winter to spring. The spring equinox comes on March 20 when the sun crosses the celestial equator - an imaginary line in the sky above the Earth's equator - and moves northward.

The days begin to get longer and warmer and it's time to roll up the sleeves and get prepared for busy gardening. Most of us will want to enjoy colourful flowers during the summer and no matter what size space you have, summer bedding plants will do the job. Lobelia, geraniums, begonias, fuchsias, petunias, zinnia, marigolds, busy lizzies, and gazanias are the essential ingredients for summer pots, window boxes, hanging baskets and borders.