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and bedding that might only look great for a few weeks or a couple of months. Move these to centre stage when they're at their best, but as they fade just move them backstage to die down gracefully.With autumn now upon us my displays were in need of a boost

-stop, producing these beautiful floral discs continually - new ones opening as quickly as faded ones are snipped away.Like most tender perennial summer bedding plants these osteospermums have three requirements. First they need regular water, and soon tell you

in height its spreading branches cast quite a shadow over the bed below. Being a deciduous tree its full canopy doesn't really develop until later in May, so many early flowering plants have time to bloom before the shade takes over.My star performer over

to the back door - the sun catches these new leaves in a brilliant display.By the end of May its bright red seed pods will be developing, their colour matching the bases of the leaf stalks. What more could you ask for? I've been growing it in a large, heavy