Summer

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

A selection of planting ideas from the Filippis’ Le Jardin Sec in France, which specialises in planting for drought.

Persicaria are versatile perennials with late season, brightly coloured flower spikes on hearty green plants from July through to late October. Plantsman Rory Dusoir shares his advice on how to grow persicaria and where to plant it.

Lupins give spires of dazzling colour in late spring and early summer, and are once more gaining in popularity. Plant expert John Hoyland shares his advice on growing lupins and recommends the best.

Plant expert John Hoyland explains how to grow dianthus, where to plant it and when to take dianthus cuttings.

Discover some of the best July flowers and plants including a graceful daylily and a dwarf, claret sunflower

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

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.