Best Plants For Cottage Garden

Delphiniums lupins foxgloves and hollyhocks.

Best plants for cottage garden. Grasses are sorely underused in garden design. After roses hollyhock is the flower that i most associate with a traditional cottage garden plant a few hollyhocks and they will last for several years self seeding if you don t remove the spent blooms and growing to a height of up to 2 4 metres. Flowers for a cottage style garden when i say cottage style i mean a happy jungle of flowering perennials.

They sway gently in the breeze adding texture and a weightless feel to borders. A list of cottage garden plants when making a list of cottage garden plants keep these outstanding perennials in mind. Their spires of bell shaped flowers are much loved by bees.

12 key plants for a cottage garden aquilegia. Lupines tend to grow the best in hardiness zones three through seven. Casual cottage gardens play host to everything from afternoon naps on a hammock to lantern lit.

Hardy geraniums come in a range of colours from dark purple to white and grow brilliantly in sun or. Full sun or part shade and well drained soil. Catmint zones 3 to 9 hollyhocks zones 2 to 9 phlox zones 4 to 8 related post.

Digitalis purpurea or the common foxglove are a cottage garden favourite and there are 25 species and forms in the genus digitalis. With bee balm delphiniums zinnias and more i ll provide my best tips for a happy healthy garden filled with colorful blooms. Available in light creams pinks and lavender they help brighten shady spots and are great planted with hostas and ferns.

3 8 depending on variety. Like most cottage garden plants bellflowers are great for cutting. These plants can grow to be up to five feet tall when they fully mature and they will create blooms that are red orange pink purple and white.