How to plant up a rainbow

Choose your favourite colours to help your borders pop in plenty of time for the summer

- DAVID DOMONEY

IT’S a great time to look at how colour works in your garden.

Borders are filling out now, and some of the early summer perennials are starting to emerge, but there's plenty of time to make adjustments for your summer display.

One of the simplest ways to pull a garden design together is to repeat shades. Designers often call this “colour echoing” working to give a united feel to the space.

Start off with a colour you already love, and may already have in your garden.

It might be the soft pink of a favourite rose, the fresh white of a foxglove, or even refreshing lime greens. Then, look for ways to repeat that colour through more plants, at varying heights, and in different parts of your garden borders.