Create a colour accent

Add structure, colour and foliage interest with pretty summer-blooming shrubs

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

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

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

Try our pick of the most beautiful plants you can buy now

The summer show is warming up – and plants just want to grow. Harness that energy now to enjoy flowers, food and pollinators