Cottage style gardens are generally designed to include informal planting where the plants fill the air with beautiful scents; arches are filled with climbing roses, and borders full to the brim with a wide array of perennials and flowering shrubs.
Want to include cottage garden plants in your next garden design project? here are some of our favourites
1.Digitalis commonly known as foxgloves have been a cottage garden favourite for years with bell-shaped flowers available in an array of colours from pink to cream they are happy in a partial shade garden and are a favourite source of pollen for bees.
Flowers: June-July
Position: Full sun - partial shade
Height: Up to 1m
Soil: moist, humus-rich soil
Available in 2L pots.
2. No cottage garden is complete without a Lupin, a popular choice for a traditional cottage garden with tapering spires available in shades of pink, purple, yellow, red and even mixed adding height to the back of a cottage garden border.
Flowers: June-July
Position: Full sun - partial shade
Height: Up to 1.2m
Soil: fertile, well-drained, sandy soil
Available in 2L pots.
3.Roses are a great addition to a cottage garden, and in particular, climbing roses would look fantastic against a trellis, pergola or the walls of a house with some varieties adding fragrance to your garden.
Flowers: July - September
Position: Full sun
Height: Dependent on variety
Soil: fertile, well-drained, moist soil
Available in 2L pots.
4. Lavender will add fragrance and colour to your cottage garden and will draw in the pollinators. A great addition to a path, or border. Place in a sunny, well-drained position for best results.
Flowers: July - September
Position: Full sun
Height: Dependent on variety
Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
Available in 2L, 3L, 5L and 10L pots (depending on variety)
5. Geranium - A perfect plant doing well in partial shade to full sun, it's great for underplanting or filling in any empty gaps in your border, adding beautiful purple flowers from June through to October.
Flowers: June - October
Position: Sun - Partial Shade
Height: Up to 0.6m
Soil: fertile, well-drained soil.
6.Hydrangeas are another firm favourite with varieties producing large clusters of purple, pink, blue or white flowers in early summer.
Flowers: July - August
Position: Sun - Partial Shade
Height: Depends on the variety
Soil: moist, well-drained, fertile soil
Other popular cottage garden plants include Alchemilla Mollis, Paeonia, Geranium, Phlox, Iris, Hollyhock, Dianthus, Delphinium and Heucheras. For more of our solutions click here
Posted 18th May 11:36am
