In the garden

Advice and inspiration with Nige Eaton , horticulture expert at Moss & Moor, Ilkley

The warmth of summer is here. This year, April and May have been warm and dry with the odd shower, and, therefore, many of my herbaceous perennials have put on growth and started flowering. Often, at

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

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

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