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to make statements rather than reflect real life. But what are they saying?My favourite garden this year is the 'Sowing the seeds of Change' garden, designed by Adam Frost. It’s beautifully planted with alliums, aquilegias, foxgloves and geraniums, as well

Remove shoots, longer than the finished cutting, just above a leaf on the parent plant.Aim to make a cutting not more than 10cm long. Use a sharp knife to cut just below a leaf joint and remove the leaves from the bottom half of the cutting.Reduce leaf area

and beards making up the flowers are all in the same shade of caramel-yellow. Mid-season flowering, from May to June, height 90cm.Iris 'Butterscotch Kiss'Another tall bearded plicata iris, with ruffled petals. The standards are pale violet flushed with white

Agapanthus make fantastic patio plants and look particularly good grown in terracotta pots. Given a sunny spot and free-draining compost, they'll produce spectacular flowers in June, July or August, depending on the variety.Although agapanthus