Bedding plants are a quick and economical way to give your garden an instant burst of colour. Displays can be as simple or as fancy as you want and the bedding range  you can choose from means you can be as imaginative as you want, combining plants of all colours and styles.

For a traditional cottage feel combine soft pastels such as pink, blue, lilac and creams. If you are feeling a bit more contemporary why not experiment with some bolder colour schemes such as lime green and orange, silver and purple, or red and black.

Annual bedding plants have a short and busy life, here’s the Millbrook Top of the Pots chart for summer bedding…

1. Marigold,
2. Petunia,
3. Sweet pea,
4. Nasturtium,
5. Tobacco plant,
6. Stock,
7. Snapdragon,
8. Sunflower,
9. Busy lizzie
10. Geranium (upright and trailing),
11. Fuchsia (upright and trailing),
12. Lobelia,
13. Surfinia,
14. Million Bells,
15. Verbena