Small Cottage Garden Border Ideas
If you have small clumps of many kinds of plants you will limit loss to pests and diseases.
Small cottage garden border ideas. Top 20 flowers for a cottage garden. For more see garden visit. With height bloom time and color in mind you can create an enchanting cottage garden with ease. Cottage gardens are also likely to make use of self seeding plants such as foxgloves and aquilegias which pop up spontaneously around the.
Cottage garden style is relaxed colorful and fun says darrell trout avid gardener writer and lecturer whose own garden reflects his passion for easy growing beauty. Trees for small gardens japanese maple there are lots of small slow growing japanese maples acer palmatum to grow that won t overcrowd your garden in a hurry. In contrast to a more carefully manicured herbaceous border a cottage garden is an informal affair a mix of closely but informally planted brightly coloured flowers. Grow them in a sheltered spot out of direct sun or try them in a large tub.
The foliage provides blazing autumn colour and grows in an attractive shape. Photograph by clare coulson for gardenista. While formal gardens thrive on order and well defined spaces cottage gardens bubble in cheerful tangles of flowers that form a kaleidoscope of hue and texture. Cottage patio cottage garden plants diy garden garden landscaping cottage garden sheds cottage garden borders small cottage garden ideas patio gardens shade landscaping.
Colorful flower borders in an english garden tattenhall edition. Cottage gardens are made up of a mix of colours as opposed to a strict colour scheme. Nov 11 2019 explore nature hills online nursery s board cottage garden ideas followed by 14413 people on pinterest.