STARS OF THE MONTH

Instead of one star plant, we’ve chosen a slice of border to show the variety that this month can offer. July is about strong colours – gingery oranges and fizzing yellows – and look at the shapes that give texture: spires, buds, daisies and bowing blades of grass. A border in full sail.

Helenium Divide Perovskia in spring. ‘Red Good Army’ seedheads. HxS 100cm x 50cm ‘Filigran’

Good for pollinators. Aromatic foliage. HxS 1.2m x 60cm Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’

Excellent grass and robust. HxS 1.8m x 60cm Achillea ‘Terracotta’

Avoid wet soils. Short-lived perennial. HxS 80cm x 50cm Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Diane’

Best in a rich soil (lots of mulch). HxS 1.3m x 60cm Lythrum salicaria

Good in borders and pondside. H x S 2m x 60cm