Plant a sparkling summer symphony

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

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

For many gardeners, midsummer is the highlight of the year when bountiful borders brim with blowsy blooms jostling for space. But creating planting palettes that are both pleasing to the eye and feel

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