MONTY Don has revealed the best plants to make your small garden look luscious - and they won't break the bank.
Superfan Paul Thresher asked Chelsea Flower Show presenter Monty for tips on how to give his tiny garden a "prairie look".
Appearing on the BBC, Monty said: "I like to see knautia, I like to see all kinds of scabious plants that will float, the flower heads will float in amongst the grass.
"That would work really well."
Meanwhile, co-presenter Joe Swift said: "I have done lots of small gardens using grasses and perennial plants.
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"When you're looking out from the house, it's nice to weave them across the garden. agastache, that's a good one.
"And use quite a few of the same."
Knautia seeds are currently on sale for £3.35 from Chiltern Seeds, which is also listing agastache packets for £2.25.
Cheapest of all, Sarah Raven is selling a scabious mix for just £1.95.
It comes as keen gardeners are rushing to buy a "spectacular" flower that blooms year after year - and seeds cost just £3.
Expert Carol Klein said that bearded irises (iris germanica) are a green-fingered fan favourite at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.
The £3 fragrant flowers have already sold out from online store Marshalls Garden after the expert singled them out for praise.
Appearing on the BBC, Carol said: "Bearded irises are one of the stars of Chelsea.
"It reminds me of a Barbara Cartland blouse.
"These bearded irises are easy to grow and they love to be baked.
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"Antecedents come from dry and sunny places - so providing you give them those conditions, they will perform year after year.
"Most of these irises have delicate fragrance and this is no exception.
"She will flower from late May into June. Although their flowering period is quite short, it is spectacular.
"I always think of these flowers as being shooting stars and it is their very ephemeral nature that makes them so very special."
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Gardeners are also flocking to buy the new "Louise Beale" roses, which are appearing for the first time at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.
Carol said: "Chelsea has to be the very best place for growers to introduce their plants to the gardening public.
"You get these classic hybrid tea buds but they open up into these fulsome flowers.
"It has two flashes of bloom - first of all in June right the way through to July, and then if you deadhead it properly it will produce more flowers from September right the way through to October.
"But the better you treat your roses, the better your results will be.
"When you are planting them, incorporate loads of organic matter.
"Feeding is also important, try something like a high potash feed which would lead to strong growth and beautiful flowers.
"As for what to plant it with, its colour will go with absolutely anything."
Another gardening whizz at the Chelsea Flower Show revealed she swears by a little-known tree which stays beautiful all year and provides great privacy from nosey neighbours.
