With many trees and shrubs at the dormant stage right now in early spring, garden beds and borders are left looking a bit empty and sparse before everything gets growing again. But March can be a good time to take stock, and while borders are bare, you can see where there are gaps and what might need filling.
After losing a large shrub in one of my borders last summer, there’s a hefty space that needs filling up, and I’ve had my eye on buying a magnolia tree to bridge the gap. A magnolia is the ultimate high-impact plant when it is in bloom, but buying a mature plant, it can work out pretty pricey.
