Iris 'Alida' Acer palmatum 'Starfish' Crocus do well grown in

Crocus do well grown in groups and can naturalise an area over a series of season

You can also plant your lilac(s) in loamy borders

is a great choice for jam making

the same rules apply for pear trees as they do apple trees

The tree's delicately weeping boughs are adorned with purple-tinged green leaves in the spring

Iris 'Alida' Acer palmatum 'Starfish' Crocus do well grown inIris Dwarf Alida has single, fragrant, sky blue to bright blue flowerheads with sepals or exterior petals with a central band of yellow (a marked central yellow ridge) that is spotted with blue freckles accompanied by slender four sided foliage that can grow up to 30cm. Feathered inner petals or standard are often of a paler sky blue shade and rise up out of the centre of the bloom fluttering like a butterfly. Fragrant blooms of fabulous sky blue