Garden rescue

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

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

Evergreen hedging and flowering shrubs can help to revitalise this sunny white-themed border, says Ian Hodgson

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

Liz Zorab provides inspiration for the creation of a calming garden space

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