This compact lavender makes a great garden border or patio plant, the delicate purple flowers attract bees and other insects, they also make great cut flowers.

Consistently grows to maximum 3m and so makes a very popular indoor or patio plant, requiring a position with indirect sun light.

For tall patio plants - lilies, cannas - always choose stable, wide-bottomed containers.

Patio plants will survive a week unwatered in a cool spot out of the sun.

Unusual flowering pelargoniums go down well and make perfect patio plants.

A huge tawny owl had landed on the patio table.

Now they need full light and can go on to a window sill or patio table.

Crouching outside under a cafe patio table as the buildings collapsed, she was convinced that she was about to die alone.

Pop this 18in copper electric heater on your patio table and stay warm.

Pop this battery-powered light on the patio table.

Each room has a private patio looking on to a walled garden and big marble bathrooms.

One has a master bedroom opening into a private patio garden in the former central courtyard.

The property also has a private patio and the owners have lowered the price to get a quick sale.

The part-furnished period conversion has two reception rooms, a kitchen and a private patio garden.

Spacious guest rooms are set in tropical gardens and equipped with private patio or balcony, where guests can enjoy breakfast or afternoon tea.

Number 9 has only a tiny rear patio (191 sq ft).

One man backed a cement lorry onto the rear patio of his apartment and had the entire ground fl oor fi lled with cement.

The single-storey structure measures 23ft x 6ft and comes complete with a marble wet room, fitted kitchen, mezzanine bedroom and rear patio.

A french door to the side provides access to the rear patio area and a new slot window in the kitchen offers views from the sink.

The rear patio doors to the apartment had been left un-locked to allow easy access for regular checks by the parents.

The renovations included a new second floor with administrative offices and a 2,500 sq. ft. rooftop patio.

An additional wing on the east side of the campus now houses offices for the faculty and a rooftop patio and dining area.

This virtual property includes nine rooms, three stories, rooftop patio, wall of solid stonework in a prime location, nestled at the foot of a quiet coastal hillside.

There has been some controversy about noise, particularly surrounding bar's rooftop patios.

These are all exotic plants, so grow them in pots on a sunny patio or on a windowsill and bring them indoors during winter.

Outside the house, you may have a large, sunny patio where you feel rather exposed when you eat out or sunbathe.

There are two great, century-old mulberry trees in a spacious and sunny patio.

Take your drink to the sunny patio, sit at an octagonal table and relish the views of the water.