If you are looking to add some late summer colour to your garden, then we can help. We’ve picked out the perfect plants that will give your beds and borders the wow factor right through to the first frosts.

1. Lavender

This easy to grow shrub, packed with highly fragrant flowers and foliage thrives all summer long in full sun and free draining soil. There are two common types, the super tough English lavender which are usually hardy and can be left outside in winter, and French lavender which are best grown in containers and need to be over wintered in a greenhouse or cold frame. Both are great plants for attracting bees and other pollinating insects into your garden, should be pruned annually to keep their shape compact and are easy to propagate from cuttings.

2. Star Jasmine

With its abundance of white flowers and striking scent the Star Jasmine is a very welcome addition to any garden in late summer. This evergreen, slow-growing climber covers a wall or fence perfectly and if planted close to a window, or seating area, you can also enjoy its delicious smell on a warm evening too. To get the best out of it grow Star Jasmine in a sunny well-drained and sheltered spot, water regularly and feed once a week.

3. Hydrangea ‘Runaway Bride’

Voted the 2018 Plant of the Year at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, this pioneering hydrangea is the first to flower from every leaf joint, not just at the tips. Laden with blooms until the end of September, Runaway Bride likes sun or light shade, well-drained soil, and is perfectly happy being grown in pots, hanging baskets or rockeries. Just be careful when pruning though as it flowers on the previous year’s wood and it is super hungry, needing twice as much feed as standard types.

4. Salix Integra ‘Hakuro-Nishiki’

'Hakuro-nishiki' or ‘the flamingo tree’ as it is often known, has eye catching pink tipped leaves throughout spring and summer as well as beautiful yellow catkins on its bare branches in late winter. A popular choice for growing in pots or on patios thanks to its small size, it reaches a height and spread of just 2.5m over twenty years. While preferring full sun it does need damp conditions, so always keep well-watered especially for the first few months after being planted.

5. Clematis

One of the most popular garden plants anytime of the year, if you are looking for a late summer flowering clematis then you will need to look for those classed as a ‘Group 3’. With a variety of shapes and vibrant colours to choose from always plant your clematis in full sun or partial shade with the top of the rootball just below the soil surface. After that water them well and keep them cool, feed weekly with a tomato fertiliser, and only prune in late winter on new, current season growth.

Whether you are looking for late summer plants, need advice on how to look after your garden when going on holiday, or on the lookout for a specific feed, seed, or soil, at Aigburth Hall Nurseries we have it all.

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It’s competition time!

To celebrate late summer in the garden we’re giving one lucky Aigburth Hall Nurseries follower the chance to win a £100 gift voucher.

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The giveaway is open to those in the UK only and runs from Monday 2nd August 2021 until midnight on Sunday 15th August 2021.

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The perfect plants for adding late summer colour to your garden.