Cottage Garden Tips

Here are a few tips to create your own cottage garden.

Go for the Romance. Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo' and Pink Supreme Roses. ...
Enclose the Cottage Garden. A twist on the typical picket fence. ...
Plant Close/Keep Soil Healthy. Clematis and Nepeta. ...
Use Curving Pathways. ...
Mix and Match. ...
Use Fun Elements. ...
Don't Follow the Rules.

What are the best plants for a cottage garden?
How do I start a cottage garden from scratch?
What do you put in a cottage garden?
How do I set up a cottage garden on a budget?
What is a cottage garden style?
How do you set up a cottage garden?
How do you layout a garden plant?
How do I build depth in my garden?
How do you start a English garden?
What flowers go in a cottage garden?
How do I plan a small cottage garden?
What can I plant in my English cottage garden?

What are the best plants for a cottage garden?

Plant these 10 flowers to create the cottage garden of your dreams:

Hollyhock Photo: Shutterstock.
Foxglove Photo: Shutterstock.
Wisteria Photo: Shutterstock.
Catmint (nepeta) Photo: Shutterstock.
Rambling roses Photo: Shutterstock.
Delphinium Photo: Shutterstock.
Phlox Photo: Shutterstock.
Hardy Geranium Photo: Shutterstock.

How do I start a cottage garden from scratch?

How to Create an Easy Cottage Garden

Starting a Cottage Garden From Scratch. "Don't create a monster that you don't have time to feed regularly," Trout says. ...
Invest in Good Soil. ...
Position Plants Carefully. ...
Select Sturdy Garden Plants. ...
Cover Soil. ...
Use Automatic Watering.

What do you put in a cottage garden?

Here are some key flowering plants for the cottage garden look.

Aquilegia. Red and white aquilegia. ...
Hardy geraniums. Geranium 'Wargrave Pink' ...
Delphiniums. Delphinium 'Fountain Mixed' ...
Lupins. Lupin 'Gallery Red' ...
Honeysuckle. Honeysuckle 'Scentsation' ...
Campanula. Campanula 'Sarastro' ...
Lavender. Lavender in flower. ...
Peonies.

How do I set up a cottage garden on a budget?

So, how do I create a cottage garden for less?

Upcycle your outdoor furniture with a lick of exterior paint – we have lots of advice in our how to use salvage for garden upcycling ideas feature.
Plant flowers from seed.
Get creative with annuals, and invest in perennials.

What is a cottage garden style?

The cottage garden is a distinct style that uses informal design, traditional materials, dense plantings, and a mixture of ornamental and edible plants. ... The earliest cottage gardens were more practical than today's, with emphasis on vegetables and herbs, fruit trees, perhaps a beehive, and even livestock.

How do you set up a cottage garden?

Here are a few tips to create your own cottage garden.

Go for the Romance. Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo' and Pink Supreme Roses. ...
Enclose the Cottage Garden. A twist on the typical picket fence. ...
Plant Close/Keep Soil Healthy. Clematis and Nepeta. ...
Use Curving Pathways. ...
Mix and Match. ...
Use Fun Elements. ...
Don't Follow the Rules.

How do you layout a garden plant?

Instead, try mixing the rows of plants together for a more cohesive look. Create a foreground, middle-ground and background with your plants, then weave the plants in and out of each row. That medium-sized plants can be pulled forward to the front row and smaller plants can be pulled back into the middle row.

How do I build depth in my garden?

Use plants with warm colours, such as yellow and orange, at the front of the garden and those with lighter or cooler shades, such as blue, green and purple towards the back. The theory is darker colours recede, giving the illusion of depth, while light colours will appear to be closer.

How do you start a English garden?

Plant a hedge of boxwoods , yews, or similar shrubs to build “walls” in your garden. ...
Repeat the materials of your house in your gardens. ...
Focus on perennial plants. ...
Make sure you have an area in which to sit back and enjoy your garden. ...
Plant in layers. ...
Build a decorative structure. ...
More is more. ...
Add some whimsy.

What flowers go in a cottage garden?

25 Classic Cottage Garden Flowers

Sweet Pea. Fragrant sweet peas are the mainstay of many cottage gardens. ...
Heliotrope. Heliotropes, with their vanilla perfumes, can be found in shades of blue, lavender and white. ...
Daylily. ...
Hollyhock. ...
English Daisy. ...
Larkspur. ...
Flowering Tobacco. ...
Pansies.

How do I plan a small cottage garden?

Mix annuals and perennials. ...
Sow the seeds of hardy annuals. ...
Plant perennials. ...
Show off blooms. ...
Add structure to a cottage garden with pathways. ...
Cottage garden fencing: make it pretty, too. ...
Create focal points in a cottage garden. ...
Opt for a natural planting scheme.

What can I plant in my English cottage garden?

This enchanting English cottage garden is a mix of perennials, vines, and shrubs. Clematis climbs over the arch with beds filled with fuchsia, catmint, campanula, delphiniums, foxgloves, hardy geranium, herbs, and lavender below.