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Emily Smith

Are spent flowers taking up all your best pots? Monty Don's smart trick will free them back up for summer planting

Picture of three spring flowers in large ceramic pots in garden with cut out of Monty Don laying over top .

The end of spring in the garden is a rather bittersweet time; we are forced to bid our tulips and daffodils farewell, but it's also when the rest of the plants come to life.

Whether or not you know what to do with your daffodils after flowering, it's often a small nuisance realising you've used one of your favourite pots on a plant that won't be flowering anymore. And with most perennials, tulips and daffodils, along with other spring florals, need to be allowed to die back before they're moved or overwintered.

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