Blooming lovely in june

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

3 GROUNDCOVER roses

**‘SWANY’ £11.99/3-4L pot With large clusters of small double white flowers against glossy dark green leaves, this is a reliable older variety. Height 60cm Spread 1.25m.** jacksonsnurseries.co.uk

**‘FLOWER CARPET AMBER’ £19.99/4L pot** Let these fragrant amber-yellow blooms transform a tricky slope. They’re easy to look after, so perfect if you’re a rose newcomer. **Height** 70cm **Spread** 80cm. **henrystreet nursery.co.uk**

**‘SURREY’ £22.50/bareroot** These frilly flowers pale over time and will spill from a large pot all summer long. **Height** 60cm **Spread** 1.25m. **davidaustinroses.co.uk**

CHARM GARDEN GUESTS

**BELLFLOWER ‘PINK** **OCTOPUS’** *£7.50/1L pot* The dangling spotty petals of these *Campanula* *punctata* blooms resemble octopus tentacles and won’t fail to tickle the fancy of any garden visitors. The heat-tolerant plant can boast more than 50 blooms fluttering above the deeply cut foliage at any one time, and spends months showing off, so it’s a fab choice for a patio pot. **Height** 50cm **Spread** 40cm. **bethchatto.co.uk**

Three plants for heady evening scent

**STAR JASMINE** With twining stems of fragrant white flowers that quickly cover a wall or trellis, *Trachelospermum* *jasminoides* is best in a sheltered, sunny spot. **Height** 8m **Spread** 3m. **jacksonsnurseries.co.uk**

£14.99/ 2-3L pot

**SWEET ROCKET** Fill summer nights with the delicious scent of these lilac blooms. It’s short-lived but *Hesperis* *matronalis* self-seeds freely. **Height** 90cm **Spread** 45cm. **hettysherbs.co.uk**

£3.50/ 9cm pot

**DIANTHUS ‘MOJITO’** This drought-tolerant garden pink with grey-green foliage and white flowers, each with a lime-green eye, is perfect for a pot. **Height** & **Spread** 40cm. **whetmangardenplants.co.uk** FEATURE: CLARE WALKER.

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