Summer

Summer

21 brilliant ‘bombproof’ plants: the impossible-to-kill, fuss-free, low-maintenance performers that the experts rely on

Discover the indestructible varieties that designers, head gardeners and flower growers rely on: the top easy-to-grow, long-lived, pest- and disease-free performers for your garden
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It's time to sow your biennials - here are 21 great flowers you'll love, chosen by Sissinghurst's head gardener

Biennials bring colour to spring and summer borders - and are easy to grow from seed. Sissinghurst head gardener Troy Scott-Smith shows how to grow biennials and the best flowers to choose.
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The best summer flowers to plant

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.
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How to grow salvias - the ultimate guide to growing this versatile and colourful flower and the best types to use

These popular, high-impact summer flowers come in a wide range of forms and colours and are designer favourites as well as magnets for bees and butterflies
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The best drought tolerant plants to grow to combat drier summers and warmer weather

Looking to add more drought tolerant plants to your garden? Annie Godfrey of Daisy Roots nursery recommends some of the best drought tolerant plants.
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The skiver’s list of top easy-to-grow, low to no-maintenance plants for time-poor and lazy gardeners

Want a lovely garden full of beautiful plants but not to have to spend lots of time growing, pruning, watering and mollycoddling them? These are the best low-care plants if you don’t have time for (or interest in) gardening
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Gaudy, traditional bedding plants are out - these longer-lasting, wildlife-friendly alternatives are what you need in your garden

Three gardening experts recommend 17 of the best contemporary bedding plants, which pollinators will love, for stunning displays
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The ultimate list of bee-friendly plants: 56 beautiful plants that will make your garden buzz

Create a buzz in your garden by adding the plants that bees love best.
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Simple to grow, look great and smell amazing - plus the bees love them. Lavender is something you need in the garden and here are our favourites

Fragrant, drought tolerant and easy to grow, lavenders are popular plants that suit many different styles of garden. Discover more with our lavender expert grow guide.
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These five plants are Dan Pearson's favourite for this time of year - here he explains exactly why

Watch Dan Pearson pick his top five plants for late spring and early summer and get tips on where to grow them
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Perfect prairie-style plants - you need these yellow summer plants in your garden for a naturalistic feel

Vibrant rudbeckias bring bold colour to the garden in late summer and autumn. Here's how to grow them, and the best varieties to choose
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Wondering what jobs to get done this summer? Let Sissinghurst's expert head gardener guide you

Sissinghurst’s head gardener Troy Scott Smith guides us through the jobs that he and his team do in summer.
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10 of the best and most beautiful garden plants for butterflies that you will love too

Make your garden attractive to vital pollinators with these suggestions of plants that butterflies love
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Want more dahlias for free? Multiply your flowers fast with this little-known technique

Tim Stretton, head of gardens at Mounton House, explains exactly how to take cuttings from dahlia plants so you can increase the number of dahlias you have in your garden this summer
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June flowers to plant

As late spring turns to early summer, Keith Wiley and Andrea Brunsendorf pick the flowers that will look best in June
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Slug-proof veg: the ultimate list of 17 vegetables that slugs and snails won’t eat

Struggling with slugs eating your crops? Here are 17 varieties of veg that they won't touch.
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Want a stunning summer border? Here are four beautiful flower combinations with lots of wow-factor that you can plant in your garden

Four plant combinations to add colour and drama to your summer borders with inspiration from Malverleys head gardener Mat Reese
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Sad that your alliums aren't going to last the summer? Get these great varieties to keep those purple globes flowering for longer

Loved for their showy spheres, alliums have long been stalwarts of late spring, but now new introductions are extending the party through summer. Our summer-flowering allium grow guide explains the best varieties to grow, how to care for them and where to plant.
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How to grow alliums and when to plant them

Equally at home in a cottage garden or urban courtyard, stunning in pots and borders, the globe-like flowers of ornamental onions add a welcome dash of early summer drama. Nurseryman John Hoyland is your guide to how to grow alliums, when to plant them, and recommends his favourite varieties.
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These 60 great flowers will bring brilliant colour in early summer to your garden plus they are the expert's favourites

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
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These spectacular fragrant flowers will thrive in dry conditions and they look great as cut blooms for your vase too

Despite their reputation for being hard to grow and infuriatingly easy to kill, Eremurus, or foxtail lilies, are spectacular and desirable plants for sunny borders or gravel gardens with well-drained soil
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Want to stop your veg from being munched? Planting these flowers nearby could save it from bugs and slugs

Ever wondered how companion planting might help your vegetables and deter pests? Here expert grower Matthew Biggs breaks down the companion planting myths and explains how the system works
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Garden designers choose their favourite dahlias - the top blooms to feature over the summer

Three garden designers and landscape architects – Arabella Lennox-Boyd, Ula Maria and Jo Thompson – choose their favourite dahlias for late-season colour.
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Four key tips to help you grow stunning dahlias in your garden from the head of the National Dahlia Collection

Horticultural lecturer Louise Danks and rescuer of the National Dahlia Collection explains four key tips to growing dahlias
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