Along with chiffchaffs and sand martins, they are the earliest summer migrants to arrive.

Spider flowers (cleome) are perfect - they have pretty flowers from early summer until the frost and look harmless, until you grab their viciously thorned stems.

You can increase varieties of agapanthus, hosta and hemerocallis by division in spring to early summer or after flowering.

Polypodies die down briefly in early summer, then look immaculate through the winter.

Early adopters claim that it's a style that will see them round through to early summer.