Cottage Garden
By etti
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Going to re-do my front garden this autum, I want to make a cottage garden, any plant ideas would be welcome, there will be shingle paths and i want some hight, already got poppies lupins lavenders and geraniums, but i want some hight without climbers.
3 Oct, 2011
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if you click on the letter 'C' at the bottom of this page a list will come up ~ cottage garden ideas is one of them ~ it might give you some useful information and ideas.
3 Oct, 2011
I love hollyhocks great idea, will be adding them to my list. thanks
3 Oct, 2011
Definitely Delphiniums! And they come in loads of colours!
3 Oct, 2011
Yes another one for the list, I wanted some pinks my grandfather used to grow them on his allotment, they were the tall ones you could cut for a display, but I can not find them anywhere, anyone seen them I can only find the small variety.
3 Oct, 2011
Hello Etti! I've had a look on the web, maybe this link might help you, they're lovely, and they're about 18ins tall!!
whetmanpinks.com
By the way, welcome to Goy, I hope you love it as much as we do! Hope the link works!
3 Oct, 2011
how about foxgloves?
3 Oct, 2011
Fox lily.
3 Oct, 2011
Welcome to Goy, glad you found us. Hope you have fun with your makeover. Why not mix the planting with shrubs and roses too, that will give it height and support for the taller plants. Enjoy.
3 Oct, 2011
Welcome to goy Etti, there are so many cottage garden plants to choose from, but if you want to create a natural one Valerians pink and white are tall and will self seed around the garden.Another idea which might be cheaper is to sow seeds now in situ. Love in a mist(nigella) godetias,calendulas,candytuft andcornflowers.You could always make a feature with an obelisk and sweet peas growing up it.Foxgloves in another tall plant, which if deadheaded regularly will carry on most of the summer.Hope this helps.Happy gardening.
4 Oct, 2011
Welcome from me too Etti. How about verbascum. Green Globe artichokes are good to eat but also make lovely dried flowers if allowed to flower. An obelisk with beans, there are some lovely ones available with red flowers or dark brown pods. Cottage gardens were supposed to have fruit and veg as well as flowers so how about a crab apple (Golden Hornet) or a fruiting cherry (Stella).
4 Oct, 2011
I just thought how about one of those very tall and large thistles you see nowadays ~ they fascinate me.
4 Oct, 2011
Delphiniums are a must, orientle poppies, hollyhocks for right at the back cause so tall, love cottage gardens ;o)
4 Oct, 2011
wow what a response thank you all for your welcomes and suggestions, you are all so friendly.
4 Oct, 2011
Welcome to GoY :o)
How about Lavender. It's evergreen, and has a wonderful smell. It's an old cottage herb and you can dry the flowers aswell ...
Good luck with your re-vamp.
5 Oct, 2011
what about hollyhocks?
3 Oct, 2011