Succession Planting for Adventurous Gardeners

Week after week, year in year out, visitors flock to see Christopher Lloyd's exuberant plantings at Great Dixter in Sussex, wondering how on earth he achieves the continuously and ever-changing displays. In this book he reveals the secrets and 'wily tricks' of keeping his celebrated borders lively in every season. Planting plans and photographs show the stages in the planting of borders that begin their display early in the year, build-up to a glorious peak in summer and continue into late autumn. 'One of our principal objects,' writes Lloyd, 'is to keep the show going for as long as possible, with one highlight immediately succeeded by another.' Few gardeners will be able to resist an invitation to be as adventurous in their borders as the most adventurous gardener of our time. Photography: Jonathan Buckley