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

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

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

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

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE THIS MONTH WITH OUR GUIDE TO THE CHANGING SEASONS