Creating a Cottage Garden

With origins dating back to the English countryside of the 1700’s, this style has traditionally included fruit trees, vegetable patches, annuals, perennials, bulbs and vines – all framed within a short wall of boxwood, a stonewall or a picket fence. 

 

Perennials                                          Annuals                                 Foundation Plants

Lady’s Mantle                                     Nicotiana                                Boxwood

Asters                                                  Forget-Me-Not                     Yews

Hollyhocks                                          Sweet William                       Spirea

Bergenia                                             Alyssum                                 Hydrangea

Daisy                                                   Poppies                                   Kerria 

Coreopsis                                            Cosmos                                   Deutzia

Delphinium                                         Lobelia                                    Viburnum                  

Dianthus                                             Petunias                                 Lilacs

Foxglove                                                                                                                                                                                                    

                                                           Ground Covers                        Bulbs

Daylily                                                                       

Lilium                                                 Ivy                                           Tulips

Geranium                                            Lamium                                 Crocus

Baby’s Breath                                     Ferns                                       Hyacinths

Candytuft                                           Hosta                                      Daffodils

Helenium                                                                                            Muscari

Iris                                                                                                       Dahlias

Lavender                                             Vines                                      Gladiolus                    

Lupine

Lychnis                                               Clematis

Malva                                                  Trumpet Vine

Monarda                                             Honeysuckle

Peony                                                  Hydrangea (Climbing)

Phlox

Balloon Flower                                                           

Primula

Stachys          

Veronica

Euphorbia                                          

Globe Thistle