Blooms for birds (as well as bees)

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

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

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

The summer show is warming up – and plants just want to grow. Harness that energy now to enjoy flowers, food and pollinators

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE THIS MONTH WITH OUR GUIDE TO THE CHANGING SEASONS

Butterflies have been having a tough time of it, says Joe Swift — so make your garden a place they’ll be happy to call home