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Cottage Garden Plant Combinations From The Hampton Court Palace Show

Echinacea and Salvia
Echinacea and Salvia

At the Royal Horticulture Society’s Hampton Court Flower Show earlier this year, I had chance to indulge in one of my favourite pastimes – looking out for flowering plants that are companionable minglers. 

Catanache caerulea and Lychnis coronaria
Catanache caerulea and Lychnis coronaria

Floral threads included various colours and forms of Achillea, Campanula, Catanache, Digitalis (foxglove), Echinacea, Geranium, Knautia, Lychnis, Nepeta, Salvia, Scabious, Stachys and Verbena.

Salvia, Verbena and Achillea
Salvia, Verbena and Achillea

Lovers of cottage garden plants might find these combinations as dreamy to scroll through as I do. 

Agastache 'Kudos Gold' and Coreopsis
Agastache ‘Kudos Gold’ and Coreopsis
Digitalis, Tanacetum and Salvia
Digitalis, Tanacetum and Salvia
Gaura and Nepeta
Gaura and Nepeta
Diasca, Campanula and Salvia
Diasca, Campanula and Salvia
Kniphofia, Scabious and Salvia
Kniphofia, Scabious and Salvia
Ceratostigma and Hydrangea
Ceratostigma and Hydrangea
Echinacea, Scabious, Verbena and Salvia
Echinacea, Scabious, Verbena and Salvia
Digitalis 'Camelot Cream' and Lychnis coronaria
Digitalis ‘Camelot Cream’ and Lychnis coronaria
Geranium and Alstroemeria
Geranium and Alstroemeria
Geranium and Penstemon
Geranium and Penstemon
Knautia macedonica 'Thunder and Lightning', Achillea and Linaria
Knautia macedonica ‘Thunder and Lightning’, Achillea and Linaria
Achillea, Salvia and Pittosporum
Achillea, Salvia and Pittosporum
Cosmos, Daucus and Knautia
Cosmos, Daucus and Knautia
Eryngium and achillea
Eryngium and achillea
Stachys, Salvia and skipper
Stachys, Salvia and skipper
Anisondontea 'Lady in Pink', Achillea, Physostegia
Anisondontea ‘Lady in Pink’, Achillea, Physostegia
Echinacea 'Summer Cocktail', Catanache caerulea and Lychnis coronaria
Echinacea ‘Summer Cocktail’, Catanache caerulea and Lychnis coronaria

Even if you have no garden to experiment with plants in, or a tiny one already filled to overflowing, I hope nature’s colours and forms will brighten your day.

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