Easy flowering shrubs for august

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

Look to the beautiful beds and borders of Hidcote Manor to discover how to prolong the season of interest, with this advice from National Trust head gardener Lottie Allen

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

These trendy shrubs are full of flower power now and there’s a great diversity within this much-loved group of plants, says Val Bourne

Throughout August I cut the box hedges that give shape to the vegetable garden. They’re just under waist height but that’s enough to protect most plants from the wind and they are a good dark backgrou