Water feature plant palette

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

Create a long-lasting container display with plants that will return year on year

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

Use a palette of palest pastels for this jostling, flower-filled midsummer scheme, says Helen Billiald

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