These flamboyant Oriental poppies will light up your borders in late spring and early summer, producing large, sumptuous, satiny flowers over neat rosettes of deeply cut, hairy leaves, followed by attractive rounded seedheads. Pot up the bare-root plants individually on delivery, then plant them in a sunny location in late spring or early summer.
Moles can often be thought of as a bit of a nuisance in the garden, but they do valuable work beneath the soil. Kate Bradbury shares more about why gardeners should embrace these underground creatures
