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The month of March is one of welcome transition, from the tired, drab winter garden garb of brown and grey to the hopeful green shoots and buds of early spring. If you are very lucky, very clever, and were very good at planning and planting last year, you may also get to enjoy explosions of colourful blooms around now. Planting designer James Hitchmough found a way to get not just a summer peak in his suburban Sheffield garden but a magical spring flush too, with a layer of bright and brilliant bulbs and self-seeders set in under his later-flowering layer (page 54). It's an achievable idea for any size of garden. In this issue, we have plenty more March plant inspiration, with a focus on Chaenomeles (page 46) and top seasonal…