Make an annual summer border from seed

Create a long-lasting container display with plants that will return year on year

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

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

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

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