I’ve just heard on the grapevine that Gardening Direct have a voucher code for friends and family that reduces the price of Begonia Partytime Mix from £7.19 to £4.99.

This offer is for friends and family only but as you have all been following my blog for a number of months now I thought I would share this code with you.

All you need to do is enter ‘PARTY’ when you get to the checkout and the discount will be applied.

My Begonia’s were hugely successful in the garden last year and looked fantastic in both beds and window boxes. They were very easy to grow on from the small plug plant size and were still in flower in October.

More plants have arrived today which now means I am now the proud owner of Trailing Petunia Easy Wave Mix, Rudbeckia Tiger Eye and Aster Asteroid Mix. As usual the plants have arrived in perfect condition and are now having a refreshing drink of water. I am a little behind in making my newspaper pots so I think I will be spending the long Easter weekend getting these done before the repotting begins on Tuesday.

My garden really is still in desperate need of a few tidying up hours. I know I have been saying this for weeks, but this cold snap we are suddenly having is not enticing me out there one bit. My vegetable plants will soon be arriving so I need to work out where these will be going and clear some space for them. Having had a look at a few sowing guides I think that the kids and I will also start sowing some tomatoes and sweetcorn over the Easter holidays.

The pansies and daffodils that I planted in the autumn are starting to fill the pots and I like the way they work together – this was a tip from one of the readers gardens that I copied.