Create your own cutting patch

Grow your own bouquet with a pretty garden cutting patch

The best way to get an abundance of cut flowers, be it for a wedding or a bedside posy, is to grow them yourself. You can, as I often do, simply go outside into the garden and snip a handful of whatev

Start deadheading the flowers in hanging baskets as soon as they fade. Snip them off at the base of the flower stem. This keeps them producing more flowers right through the summer, providing you reme

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

Add drama to your garden with potted exotics. Soak the plant, in its original pot, in some not-too-cold water. Then move the new, empty, pot into position; this saves you doing so when it’s full of he

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