Summer

Three garden designers and landscape architects – Arabella Lennox-Boyd, Ula Maria and Jo Thompson – choose their favourite dahlias for late-season colour.

We're celebrating dahlia season, so here are 10 facts you might not have known about these gorgeous late season flowers

These pretty, long flowering perennials are loved by pollinators, come in many colours and work well in different styles of garden, from dry schemes to prairie-inspired plots

How to be a savvy shopper at the garden centre, with expert tips on what to avoid buying and what to snap up now.

Struggling with slugs eating your crops? Here are 17 varieties of veg that they won't touch.

As summer hits its stride, plantswoman Rosy Hardy picks a rich mix of colours, from a deep-purple clematis to a pink sweet pea and an orange red-hot poker

Looking to add more drought tolerant plants to your garden? Annie Godfrey of Daisy Roots nursery recommends some of the best drought tolerant plants.

There are plenty of colourful plants that will ensure your garden remains fresh and bright throughout summer into autumn. Here are ten plants for late-summer colour, recommended by plantswoman Marina Christopher

Make sure you've got the perfect blooms in the garden for summer. Tom Brown, head gardener and tutor at West Dean College, recommends his favourites.

Discover how to recreate this vibrant planting container, which will look at its best in May

Four plant combinations to add colour and drama to your summer borders with inspiration from Malverleys head gardener Mat Reese

As temperatures continue to rise, momentum gathers in the garden and sun-lovers show their hand. From nodding woodlanders to audacious perennials, here are 60 early summer flowers chosen by experts

Create a gorgeous early summer container display with designer Katie Guillebaud's easy-to-recreate pot recipe.

In the heatwave, make sure you're watering your plants at the right time of day

While biennial Digitalis purpurea is perhaps the best-known foxglove, many species are perennial and have become designer favourites

See Sir David Beckham's new rose was unveiled at RHS Chelsea Flower Show this week and His Majesty King Charles III took a look

Fancy growing something different this season? Top plant sellers and nurseries told us which brand-new, recently introduced or simply fresh-to-their-lists plants they are excited about this year

Garden designers Rosemary Alexander, Sarah Price and Ulf Nordfjell choose their favourite ornamental grasses for the garden

Looking to create a charming cottage garden feel in your garden? Marcus Eyles picks the plants you need

Expert plantswoman Esther Schonenberg of Festina Lente gives her advice on creating a long season of colour in the garden

Traditional bedding plants like begonias and busy lizzies aren't as good for the environment as you might think...

As summer reaches its peak Tom Brown, the head gardener at West Dean Gardens, picks his favourite August flowers. Photographs Jason Ingram

You might think you hate yellow in the garden - but have you considered pale yellow? This versatile shade combines beautifully with many other colours and can make a border sing