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Advice and inspiration with Nige Eaton, horticulture expert at Moss & Moor, Ilkley

Bring a blaze of colour to your garden in August with a palette of bright and contrasting blooms, carefully positioned pots and a few late-season buys

A late-flowering allium, as good in expectant bud as it is in bloom. Long scapes, stained purple, twist and turn as they ascend to flower. Mauve-purple droplets hover at about 30cm, making a fine comp

Add a TOUCH OF SPICE and everything nice with these drenched-with-colour exotics

Boost colour in spring and summer with these low maintenance alternatives to annuals

This is a pretty good representation of the spirit of July, the month of school holidays and full-blown summer. Gone are the refinements of June and we are into a riotous tumble of exuberance. Big lea