Great flower combinations

Colour-drench your plot all summer using a shrewd selection of splashy bedding plants

A heavenly flower border is a work of art, a living composition in which colour themes are finely balanced to wax and wane through the seasons

Liz Zorab provides inspiration for the creation of a calming garden space

A major part of my gardening joy is visual, and as my knowledge and observational powers have improved over decades of gardening, so has my love of experimenting with colour schemes. When I first came

Use a palette of palest pastels for this jostling, flower-filled midsummer scheme, says Helen Billiald

For many gardeners, midsummer is the highlight of the year when bountiful borders brim with blowsy blooms jostling for space. But creating planting palettes that are both pleasing to the eye and feel