Enjoy months of colour with shrubby salvias

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

Dazzling, aromatic and resilient, salvias are garden stars. Mike Palmer looks at how to keep these easy-care, high-impact plants thriving all year

A surge in salvia varieties has cemented its status as a star of the summer garden

Plants are so clever at adapting to their increasingly hot, sunny and dry surroundings

Cut back, feed, water and remove reverted stems

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