Grow: Cunning foxglove schemes

Digitalis purpurea regally colours our countryside but many digitalis varieties can heighten a garden’s borders


A cut above

For the price of seeds, compost and a bit of graft you will have armfuls of sweetly scented, bright cut-flowers in the months to come



Sow colourful

Annuals have to act fast to flower and reproduce in one season which is why they offer such a blazing summer show from mere seeds



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