Drought-tolerant gardens Plants and design principles for a garden that thrives through dry UK summers without standing over it with a hose. UK summers are getting hotter and drier. The 2022 and 2025 seasons both delivered extended drought across the south-east, and Met Office projections point firmly in the same direction. For 2026 the Royal…
Dahlias for late summer colour A practical UK guide to choosing, planting and growing dahlias for a garden that peaks from August to first frost. Dahlia is the plant that carries a UK garden from late July through to the first hard frost, often into November. While the early summer perennials are going over and…
Summer flowering plants Plants that will give you colour all summer long. A garden that flowers all summer doesn’t happen by accident. It is built from layered planting that succeeds in waves from June to October, mixing perennials with annuals, climbers with shrubs, and structural foliage with flowers. This guide sets out the plants that…
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