Shades of red

Red can be fiery and fabulous – or tricky to get right. Here’s how to choose the perfect shade and partner it well for bold, beautiful planting

Bring a blaze of colour to your garden in August with a palette of bright and contrasting blooms, carefully positioned pots and a few late-season buys

Pick the best palettes from this year’s show to grace your own garden

Beautiful geraniums provide dainty colour and vigorous ground cover for months. Here’s our pick of this versatile bloom

Scented foliage and the hum of enraptured bees awaken the senses in a garden where monardas, with their shaggy blooms, are the stars

Liz Zorab reveals at some of the best shrubs for warm weather days