Gardening help

Loanranger

Dahlias are lovely, I agree. They are so cheerful.
I collect the seed from mine and sow them the following spring. I'm no gardener so if I can do that any novice can.

splodger_seedswapper

i keep the tubers and get a great display every year - i love them :T

stumpycat

If you want flowers all year round the usual advice is to visit a garden centre and see what's in bloom - my moneysaving version is to buy perennials that have just stopped flowering and are reduced in price - e.g. Pulsatilla/Pasque flower, which blooms around Easter and is reduced to 50p in Homebase a couple of weeks later: