At a time when there's so much sadness in the world, we can count on Val Bourne to raise our spirits. The award-winning garden writer brings some inspiring later-Winter/early-Spring plants including Galanthus, Primula and Cardamine to the podcast. And she even hits upon Alan Gray's favourite Crocus!

Part Two will include Narcissi, Hamamelis, Hellebores and Hepaticas!

PLANT LIST

Crocus tommasinianus 'Bobbo'

Galanthus plicatus 'Golden Tears'

Galanthus nivalis 'Green Tear'

Galanthus 'Green of Hearts'

Galanthus plicatus 'Trym'

Galanthus 'Trumps'

Galanthus 'Trym Baby'

Galanthus x valentinei 'Chameleon'

Galanthus 'Midas'

Galanthus plicatus 'Wendy's Gold'

Crocus 'Vanguard'

Crocus 'Yalta'

Primula 'Barbara Midwinter'

Iris unguicularis 'Abington Purple'

Iris unguicularis 'Walter Butt'

Iris unguicularis 'Mary Barnard'

Iris 'Lady Beatrix Stanley'

Iris 'Katherine's Gold'

Iris 'Sheila Ann Germany'

Iris 'Frank Elder'

Iris 'Katharine Hodgkin'

Iris lazica

Cardamine quinquefolia

Galanthus 'Rodmarton Arcturus'

Galanthus 'Rodmarton Regulus'

Galanthus 'Rodmarton Sirius'

Galanthus plicatus 'Amy Doncaster'

Galanthus plicatus 'Augustus'