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It's April and spring is well underway.

The light is finally breaking through the winter gloom as the daylight hours stretch ever so slightly longer day by day.

Across the garden things are stirring. Buds are breaking. Shoots are pushing through. Everything is on the brink of bursting into life.

It's one of the most magical moments of the gardening year, full of anticipation with so much still to come.

Of course it's still too early to say exactly what kind of weather this year will bring,

but the bigger picture is becoming clearer.

The data shows that summer droughts and winter floods are not only becoming more common, but

more extreme. So what does that mean for our gardens and the plants we grow in them?

This week we're speaking to Jenny Bowden from the RHS Advisory Service,

who's been working on an experiment

to find out which plants can cope

and even thrive in these changing conditions.

We'll also be heading to RHS Whizley,

where Liz Mooney isn't wasting a moment.

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