Get your family started with these easy tips—and a few suggestions ... Cycle through it. As plants progress, challenge kids to chronicle the plant’s life cycle. Every day, week, or month ...

Look out for ready-made combinations, or buy trays of one colour to plant together and make a big impact. If you have a big bedding scheme you can buy tiny seedlings from mail-order companies.

So they need to be transferred into grit to stop the roots of the plant from rotting when dormant. Take cuttings by removing leaves from the bottom of the rosettes and simply put into seed compost ...