Year-on-year blooms

A beautiful and productive garden needn’t cost the earth – simply choose the right plants

Try the trend for plants that taste as good as they look

Now’s the time to add some summer stars for a burst of colour

Nick Hamilton chooses his favourite plants for spring-tosummer blooms

IT’S midsummer, and this is usually the season when gardens are supposed to look their best – brimming with colour, buzzing with life, weed-free and calm, relaxing places for lounging with friends or

To garden successfully we need to work with nature and not against it – and that includes planting for wildlife. This doesn’t have to be dedicating a whole new area – but, in fact, growing ornamentals