Cottage garden borders

Colourful back garden with mixed borders filled with tender bedding plants, sh... Image:0590984 - Stock photo from GAP Gardens, garden & plant photography

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Monet used masses of flowers in bold or contrasting colors for impact. Tall flowers were allowed to soar above underplantings. Image courtesy of The New York Botanical Garden.

Englischer Garten

Hollyhocks are a flower that is often grown in cottage gardens. See my tips for growing these pretty plants.

Fertilize and deadhead roses and perennials for more blooms.

Een beplantingsplan voor een border met blauwe, paarse en violette planten. Geschikt voor een zonnige tuin en bloei van mei tot september. Bestel direct.

With height, bloom time and color in mind, you can create an enchanting cottage garden with ease. Your hard work will be repaid with a low maintenance masterpiece you can enjoy year after year. Plus your vegetable garden will thank you for all the added pollination it receives from the bees and butterflies that flock to your flowers.

English Roses are some of the best-loved, high-performance flowers in the garden, so they are perfect for growing in the mixed border. When David Austin set out to breed the English Roses, one of his guiding principles was that his new roses should have the natural, shrubby growth that is typical of their ancestors the Old Roses.