Cottage Garden

Garden with a variety of colorful flowers plus a bird bath and a trellis.

The cottage garden is a distinct style that uses informal design, traditional materials, dense plantings and a mixture of ornamental and edible plants. English in origin, it depends on grace and charm rather than grandeur and formal structure.  

Plant list

wild bergamot – Monarda Fistulosa

B  tickseedCoreopsis verticillate ‘Moon beam’

honeysuckle vine 

speedwell Veronica longifolia ‘Giles Van Hees’

foxglove – Digitalis purpurea

sedumHylotelephium spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’

meadow sageSalvia pratensis ‘Caradonna’

purple coneflowerEchinacea purpurea

ornamental onionAllium senescens ‘Glaucum’

K blue verain  Verbena hastata

musk mallow – Malva moschata

M liatris blazing star – Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’

Japanese anemoneAnemone hupehensis ‘September Charm’

clematis – Clematis ‘Henryi White’

garden phloxPhlox paniculata ‘Eva Cullum’

R  foxglove beardtonguePenstemon digitalis ‘Mystica’ 

garlic chives – Allium tuberosum

W brown-eyed SusanRudbeckia triloba

yarrowAchillea millefolium

Z  dianthus – Fire Star ‘Devon Xero’

AA wild strawberry – Fragaria virginiana

CC  Becky shasta daisy  – Leucanthemum superbum