Keep your pots flourishing

Keep those containers looking marvellous well into autumn, for wonderful colours and scents right through the seasons

Start deadheading the flowers in hanging baskets as soon as they fade. Snip them off at the base of the flower stem. This keeps them producing more flowers right through the summer, providing you reme

Add drama to your garden with potted exotics. Soak the plant, in its original pot, in some not-too-cold water. Then move the new, empty, pot into position; this saves you doing so when it’s full of he

Simple steps to keep your plot looking good

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

Drought-tolerant succulent plants make for the perfect potted specimens