Monty Don shows you how to fill out your borders with young perennials. Focusing on aquilegias and verbascums, he explains the different conditions these plants prefer. He also looks at the advantages of growing your own perennials from seed.
How to plant young perennials
Monty Don shows how to fill borders with colour by planting young perennials like aquilegia and verbascum.
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