Spires, bells and disco balls

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

I’M on a mission to introduce more alliums into my garden. These fantastic flowers are great for colour, structure and impact – and pollinators love them, too! Alliums are basically ornamental onions;

For many gardeners, midsummer is the highlight of the year when bountiful borders brim with blowsy blooms jostling for space. But creating planting palettes that are both pleasing to the eye and feel

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

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

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!