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    3. Seasonal highlights

    Seasonal highlights

    Inspiration and planting ideas for the gardening year. Plan ahead or discover new plants and projects to consider now

    Autumn

    Eye-catching trees, planting bulbs and cutting back
    An illustration showing the plants used in a bold design for a late summer border by gardener Andrea Brusendorf
    Planting ideas

    Late summer planting plan using tried and tested plants

    Helleborus torquatus
    Plants

    Species hellebores: the best for your garden

    Waxwing eating a rowan berry
    Plants

    Plants for birds: Top plants to feed the birds

    See more autumn plants
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    Winter

    Flashes of colour, striking seed heads and structural planting
    Erythronium caucasicum
    Plants

    Plants for February

    Galanthus plicatus 'Golden Fleece'
    Bulbs

    Yellow snowdrops? Yes, they do exist – and come at a high price

    Irish snowdrops
    Winter

    Irish snowdrops: which snowdrops to grow

    See more winter plants

    Spring

    Brighter days, seed sowing and blossom
    Forde Abbey's tulip display
    Gardens to visit

    Best places to propose: pop the question in a garden

    Digitalis purpurea Albiflora
    Plants

    Sowing biennials: how and when to sow and which to grow

    National Trust Vierno Bird Feeder
    Gardens

    How to attract birds to your garden

    See more spring plants
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    Summer

    Long, warm days and a garden in full bloom
    Dahlia combination photographed byMaayke de Ridder
    Summer

    Dahlias: How to plant, grow and care for dahlias

    Digitalis at The Botanic Nursery (June 2016)
    Plants

    The best foxgloves to grow

    Wildflower meadow in Transylvania, Romania. Photo by Richard Bloom
    Features

    The meadowlands of Romania

    See more summer plants
    What to grow in February
    How to...

    What to plant in February

    Plant hardiness rating
    Plants

    Plant hardiness ratings explained

    Variety of flowers seed packet
    Plants

    The best places to buy seeds online

    See all plants

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