Want daffodils to perform well next year? Then pick off the dead flowers. That prevents seedheads from maturing and channels nutrients down into the bulbs for storage. Dead heading also helps you enjoy later flowering narcissus without withered blooms nearby. Never cut the leaves back while they're still green.

Hot contender for Chelsea Plant of the Year 2015 was a salvia called Love And Wishes. To my surprise, the judges placed it third, but despite that (and the drippy name) it is going to be popular. Showy purple-red flowers with hooked petals and dark calyces are set off by handsome foliage on substantial 80cm plants. Flowering lasts from May to October and, although not fully hardy, the plants are easy to propagate and quick to mature. Salvia Love And Wishes was exhibited by Dysons Nurseries (dysonsalvias.com) and bred in Australia, but the plant's forebears are from Central and South America, where the best of the world's 900 salvia species grow.