planting combination

Pennisetum orientale 'Tall Tails'

Pennisetum for late summer borders

A small copper butterfly taking a drink of nectar from a thistle head flower, summer days.

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aa Jekka's border

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Garden designer Sarah Price spring border plan

Designer planting plan for spring border

Rose garden at Sissinghurst Castle

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Kirsty Ramage pots of style. Photo by Andrew Montgomery

Wild-style spring plant display for the container garden

Hunting Brook Gardens

Gardens to visit

Jimi Blake’s borders at Hunting Brook Gardens in Ireland

Waltham Place

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Helianthus decapetalus Triomphe de Gand

Early autumn plants for a rich colour palette

Sedum 'Matrona'

Piet Oudolf’s plant list design from Museum Voorlinden

striking border of bulbs

Bulbs border display: download our designer plan

Jacqueline vd Kloet de Theetuin

How to plant bulbs in perennial borders

Iris reticulata 'Katharine Hodgkin', Crocus chrysanthus 'Romance', Muscari armeniacum and Anemone blanda 'Charmer'

Forcing bulbs: advice and planting combinations

An illustration showing the plants used in a bold design for a late summer border by gardener Andrea Brusendorf

Late summer planting plan using tried and tested plants

Scilla hyacinthoides

Designers pick their favourite spring bulbs