Summer

In this mixed House Border, the
red flowers of Rosa ‘Florence
Mary Morse’ bring early colour alongside the white sprays of Persicaria x fennica ‘Johanniswolke’. The tall, slender annual corncockles are woven through the border plants, and, along with alliums and bronze fennel, help to unify the plantings
and create a naturalistic scene.

Garden border ideas Summer planting at Malverleys: borders, layering and planning ahead

Lupin 'Red Arrow'

Lupins: how to grow and where to plant them

Eryngium x zabelii

June flowers to plant

Eryngium bourgatii 'Picos Blue'

Everything you need to know about eryngiums

Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firedance'

How to grow Persicaria

Rudbeckia hirta 'Prairie Sun'

60 early summer flowers

Zinnia Giant Double Mixed

How to grow zinnias and the best zinnias to grow for summer colour

Helianthus 'Ms Mars' (Sunflower)

The best summer flowers to plant

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Cupcakes White'

The best cosmos to grow

Agapanthus 'Twister'

The best agapanthus to grow

Penstemon

Penstemon: how to grow, plus 16 of the best varieties

Benton End in Suffolk, where the artist and gardener Cedric Morris and his partner Arthur Lett-Haines moved in 1940, is where Morris bred many of his beautiful and painterly coloured bearded irises

Benton irises: how to choose and grow them

Geranium Terre Franche

Hardy geranium: 21 of the best hardy geraniums

Campanula 'Kent Belle'

Campanula: how to grow bellflowers

Heliotropium arborescens 'Reva'

Unusual patio plants

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