Now that the clocks have gone&nbsp;forward and the nights are getting shorter, wanting to make the most of your garden in the evenings really is a no-brainer, especially if you&rsquo;re at work all day during the week. And with the right mix of plants and inexpensive lighting, over the coming months you can easily create an enchanting twilight garden that&rsquo;s an enticing place to be after sundown. warm evening air encourages night-scented plants to release their heady perfumes. Designed to attract pollinators such as moths, these include night-scented stocks and Nicotiana&nbsp;sylvestris. when it comes to positioning, a south or west-facing part of the garden is ideal, and for maximum olfactory effect the plants should be grouped around a seating area.Scented climbers such as jasmine,&nbsp;Trachelospermum&nbsp;and honeysuckle are a good way to create an&nbsp;allen&nbsp;compassing&nbsp;fragrance; plant them so they scramble over sun-baked walls or fences. And use perfumed low-growers such as Petunia &lsquo;Surfinia&nbsp;Lime&rsquo; and&nbsp;Zaluzianskya&nbsp;ovata&nbsp;(night phlox) in containers. In that way, they can easily be moved closer to seating areas as the evening approaches.Think carefully about&nbsp;colour. while hot hues like reds and oranges simply fade into the dark, cooler tones &ndash; blues, lilacs, creams and whites &ndash; develop a luminescence in low light levels, allowing them to come to the fore. white flowers, in particular, can look washed out in midsummer sunshine, but twilight is their time to shine.Night-scented plants tend to&nbsp;mix&nbsp;fragrance&nbsp;with&nbsp;pale-coloured&nbsp;petals as an added attraction to night-flying insects. But there are plenty of&nbsp;nonscented&nbsp;options that are equally worthy of a place in an evening garden. Look for blooms in pale blues, lilacs, creams and whites, all of which appear to &lsquo;glow&rsquo;.As light fades so does our ability to see detail, and it makes sense to focus instead on bold foliage and striking silhouettes. The likes of cardoon,&nbsp;fatsia&nbsp;and large ferns will tick both boxes. Glossy leaves are also useful as they will reflect any light from candles or solar lighting. Try Asarum&nbsp;europaeum&nbsp;as glistening ground cover.You&nbsp;needn&rsquo;t spend a fortune, as a few carefully chosen plants and some clever lighting tricks are all it takes. Plan and plant now for a plot that looks lovely by day &ndash; and truly magical at night.

Easy Ways To Create The Ultimate Twilight Garden

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