A Year of Plants is a beautiful, comprehensive guide to the best flowers, shrubs, trees and bulbs for colour and interest in every season. Chosen by experts, it’s a treasure trove of 248 amazing plants to inspire you, whatever your size of garden.
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Gardens Illustrated A Year Of Plants 2024
SPRING • As warmer, longer days bring a burst of new growth, bulbs and blossom offer up delicate, cool-season colours alongside lush, fresh-green foliage with the tantalising promise of bright new blooms
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EARLY SUMMER • As temperatures rise, the garden brims with colour, vigour and variety, from early blooming shrubs to floriferous sun-lovers and hardy perennial performers
Listen to it too • New episodes of the Garden Podcast of the Year drop this spring
LATE SUMMER • This is the time for yellows, reds, oranges and purples, bringing vibrancy and drama to shimmering borders with long-flowering perennials and unusual exotics
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AUTUMN • In a season synonymous with shortening days, and with fewer flowering plants to hand, you can still make an impact with luminous late-season perennials, foliage plants and berries
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WINTER AND EARLY SPRING • When the days draw in and the frosts begin to bite, there is still drama and interest to be had with ornamental grasses, reliable evergreens and sculptural deciduous plants as well as early spring bulbs
