What plants go in a cottage garden?
A cottage garden should include the plants that please its owner and work in the site. Remember, this is a casual style without a lot of rules.
Having said that, here's a partial list of traditional cottage garden plants -- you may need to make substitutions appropriate to your own climate:
- rose
- lavender
- cottage pink
- delphinium
- foxglove
- lavatera
- cornflower
- love-in-a-mist
- poppy
- salvia
- sweet pea
- morning glory
- moonflower
- iris
- lily
- zinnia
- black-eyed Susan
- sunflower
- coneflower
- nicotiana
- mignonette
- heliotrope
- cosmos
- cleome
- bee balm
- butterflyweed
- aster
- goldenrod
- Queen Anne's lace
- nasturtium
- daisies
- hollyhock
- bachelor's button
- marigold
- forget-me-not
- flax
- pansy
- larkspur
- snapdragon
- stock
- canterbury bells
- kiss me over the garden gate
- cockscomb
- hydrangea
- phlox
- lamb's ear
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