Sow this
It’s not too late to expand your herb horizons this summer. Garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) flower later than regular chives, so you can keep the fresh chive season going for longer. Their mild garlic flavour is delicious in egg dishes or chopped over salads. Buy fresh seed and sow in an outdoor seedbed, transplanting in the autumn in clumps spaced 20cm apart.
Visit this
If you’ve walked down a London street and wondered what’s behind that wrought-iron fence or privet hedge, next weekend is your chance to find out. More than 200 London gardens have thrown themselves open to visitors as part of Open Garden Squares weekend.
Plant this
Penstemons have the jolly, carefree look of summer bedding, but they’re hardy perennials that will come back next year; they’re a magnet for bees, too. Penstemon ‘Wedding Bells Mixed’ come in a range of sorbet shades, with a height and spread of 50cm x 45cm. Buy 30 garden-ready plants for £14.99 (plus £4.95 p&p). To order, call 0330 333 6790, quoting ref GU536, or go to our Readers’ Offers page. Dispatched within four to six weeks.
