Alan Titchmarsh's names five plants to add colour to your garden this autumn

Alan describes September as agreeable because the peak summer heat has "abated", rainfall has returned, and the soil is warm and moist - perfect for planting, noting it's a "busy time of year"

THE Eighties are back in more ways than you’d think. In our gardens, people are returning to nostalgic, vibrant colours and bedding plants are now fashionable again. A lot of the plants we grow are led by happy memories of the past. If you think about your gran’s beds and borders, you can imagine reds,...