Whether they be perennials, annuals, biennials or shrubs, border plants are an inexpensive and almost foolproof way of adding instant colour to your garden. With easy-to-follow information, this book allows you to tell at a glance which border plants to choose that best suit both you and your garden situation. Profiles for each plant contain useful, practical cultivation advice that will encourage gardeners to grow with ever-greater enjoyment, creativity and confidence. Comprehensive, richly illustrated and written with the gardening novice or occasional gardener in mind, this is the perfect handbook for anyone looking to start growing border plants as well as offering a useful reference for more experienced gardeners.

Author Biography

A successful model in the 80s, Lucy co-hosted Countdown before becoming Good Morning's home expert and presenting ITV's Homegrown gardening series. Lucy now runs a successful landscape design partnership with projects undertaken for clients worldwide and has staged award-winning gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show. She regularly contributes gardening articles to a variety of publications and was the gardening correspondent for Ideal Home magazine. She also lectures on gardening subjects.