Perennial violas

Select good garden ‘doers’ that bring interest to your plot for many months

Hardy fuchsias bring jewel-like droplets of enduring colour delicately suspended in borders to brighten the September garden

Liz Zorab picks her favourite self-seeding and spreading plants for easier gardening

Plant with sunny hues to weave rhythm, softness and sparkle through your garden borders

If ever a group of plants should come with a warning, it’s salvias. Start with just one or two and before you know it you will be scouring nursery lists and leafing greedily through plant catalogues l

Salvias, well, one salvia for sure, have been cultivated from time immemorial. Salvia officinalis, culinary sage, is a constituent of most herb gardens. It comes from the sunny slopes of the Mediterra