Planting ideas for my garden ?

Dahlias are good for summer flowering. I have only recently come to appreciate them for their impressive display right through to late summer.

Spring or Autumn are the time to split herbaceous plants. It is better to do it in the Autumn because you are replanting in warm soil. But if you have to, in Spring I'd wait until a warm March day.

If I'm splitting plants I sometimes put the small bits into large pots, so that I can nurse them on a bit! Just in case.

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Thanks , I like the idea of Hollyhocks and phlox . I have verbena and it grows very well in my garden .
I have some nice things elsewhere in the garden , when would be a good time to split ? I am such a novice , but have spent several years looking after my dear Mum now deceased and the garden was last on the long list ! Well that is my excuse x

Hollyhocks are good for height and self seed and I wish they grew in my garden!

Verbena bonariensis is pretty as a backdrop. Nice lilac flowers set off other plants and it doesn't seem to need supporting.

Back again, just looked them up - giant scabious Cephalaria Gigantea, it doesn't spread much, mine's been in about 20 years and has probably just trebled in size from the original plant, but lots of flowers.

RHS site describes them and several places sell by post.

I'm sure lots of others will have favourite suggestions. Happy planting.

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What about tall phlox? They come in a range of heights and shades from White through the to dark pink. They continue to flower through to the first frost, if you dead head them.

There is also a tall perennial yellow cornflower ( or it could be a scabious) , I don't know the official name. It grows at the back of my garden near the neighbours awful evergreen hedge. It sends up very tall spikes of yellow flowers and does not need staking.

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