Bulbs are an easy, low-maintenance addition to borders and containers. They extend garden colour beyond the summer months. These vibrant blooms bring joy to gardeners and provide essential nectar and pollen for pollinators like bees and butterflies. Right now, garden centres and online retailers are selling a wide range of autumn-flowering bulbs. Often at [...]

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Cottage gardens and cottage garden flower borders are delightful sights to behold, particularly during high summer. This is when many of the different types of flowering perennials used to create that ‘look’ are in full flower. The term ‘cottage garden’ is used to describe a joyful, informal style of planting. Here, many different [...]

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If you have a modern home, or it has modern additions, you might want to carry that into the garden. You can incorporate a contemporary planting scheme to link the garden with the house. This is one of my favourite garden styles, an easy and adaptable design to do at home. What [...]

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August is the month when late-season plants start to flower in earnest and here are ten of the best to give your flower borders a burst of glorious late-summer colour and interest. 1. Dahlia 'Spartacus' Senior (Dahlia) If you’re looking for an impact plant, ‘Spartacus’ Senior certainly fits the bill.  [...]

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