Patio varieties pave the way to perfection

Sprucing up your patio for summer? Hannah Stephenson finds that smaller varieties of fruit bushes, flowers and vegetables make the most of our outdoor rooms.

We all used to go out and buy annual bedding plants to give summer colour to our patios — but now we can be so much more adventurous.

Patio varieties of fruit, vegetables and perennials are all widely available and becoming increasingly popular, as garden space diminishes and urban gardens flourish