Oriental poppies

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

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

Mike Palmer explains how to grow some of these brilliant border and container beauties

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

Grow your own bouquet with a pretty garden cutting patch

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