Cottage Garden Combinations

If you let these plants set and drop seed you ll have the serendipitous plant combinations that typify cottage garden chaos.

Cottage garden combinations.

Homely and functional gardens connected to working class cottages go back centuries but their stylized reinvention occurred in 1870s england as a. I like a lot of zing and pop she asserts. Part of the charm is how informal it is. This informal crowding of a wide variety of plants is a signature feature and the mix of perennial and annual flowers with vegetable and foliage plants twining around each other and competing for attention is what makes a cottage garden so fascinating.

Add a little romance to your outdoor space. These romantic plants are must haves for a romantic cottage style garden. The furniture doesn t have to match. Cottage gardens may lack huge sweeps of flowers but color is still prominent often year round.

Instead look for adirondack wicker or painted metal shellback chairs. Cottage garden style is all about soft lines heirloom varieties and unstructured flower beds. An eclectic mix fits right in. My plants need to pay rent.

Cottage gardens traditionally have plant beds by the house packed tight with plants. Plants to consider include cleome cleome hassleriana sweet alyssum lobularia maritima bachelor s buttons centaurea cyanus larkspur consolida ambigua and calendula calendula officinalis. Some folks favor soft pastels but linda says she gets more oomph from strong color combinations.