In recent years, the trend has been to favour plants with a long season of interest. As such, gardeners are always looking for hard working plants that flower for months at a time and look good through autumn and winter too.

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But does this mean we've we been missing out on plants that have a short, but dazzling moment in the garden? Flowering plants such as peonies that have a reputation for being difficult, or poppies, which have blooms that vanish in a gust of wind or heavy downpour. Plants with flowers that we can look forward to, savour and use to mark the change in season, but then vanish for another year?

These fleeting beauties - including trees, shrubs and flowering plants - can be just as valuable in the garden as those with long flowering periods. Certainly, many share a certain glamour that is hard to find in other plants. With the right mix of long-flowering stalwarts, make room for these seasonal stunners.

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