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A beautiful and productive garden needn’t cost the earth – simply choose the right plants

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Smarten up your front garden with hanging baskets that will burst with blooms from spring until the end of summer

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

Grow these mesmerising blooms – they’ll be the stars of your flower border and they cut beautifully for long-lasting vase displays

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