SUMMER SENSATIONS

Opposite Alliums provide a showstopping display early in the season with their spherical flowerheads, which can be left on after flowering to provide interest. Plant them in clusters in a border for maximum impact. Here, groups of Allium hollandicum ‘Purple Sensation’ and white Allium nigrum have been combined with different shaped flowers in a coordinating colour palette: white, blue and purple Aquilegia vulgaris and pinky-purple bearded iris. Easy to grow and inexpensive, the smaller varieties are also suitable for containers