Great shrubs for early flowers

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

Find room for some fragrant plants to liven up your summer garden

Liz Zorab provides inspiration for the creation of a calming garden space

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