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We may have invented the flower border, but planting them remains one of the trickiest things to get right. Charles Quest-Ritson looks at the secrets behind the very best

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IF your garden is anything like mine, most of the borders and pots have peaked by this time, shifting from full-on florals to fading foliage. There are a few late-to-the-party dahlias, the cosmos are

Even though gardening (as a hobby, profession or business) is obsessed with plants, it is curious there aren’t more books dedicated to planting and the art of how plants are used in gardens. In most g