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Posted on October 22, 2022October 22, 2022

Favourite Flowers – And Why

Blue poppy
Blue poppy

Many of my favourites are cottage garden flowers, at their best when tumbled together. Some I like for their unusual colours, patterns or arrangement of petals… Continue reading “Favourite Flowers – And Why”

Posted on July 16, 2021February 27, 2022

Great Companion Plants for a Cottage Garden: Roses

Roses with perennials including Erigeron and Knautia
Roses with perennials including Erigeron and Knautia

Companion plants will bring out the best characteristics of roses – especially shrub roses – and help to make up for any weaknesses. While they’ll mingle around, above or below the roses, they should not compete too aggressively for food, water or space. Continue reading “Great Companion Plants for a Cottage Garden: Roses”

Posted on May 5, 2021

Bluebells of Different Colours in a Cottage Garden

White, pink and blue bluebells in a spring garden

I often walk by this sweet cottage garden and pause to take a picture. I don’t think it is ever prettier than in spring when the bluebells are out in force, mixed with daisy type flowers I’d say were osteospermums were they not so early, and classic wildflowers such as forget-me-nots. Continue reading “Bluebells of Different Colours in a Cottage Garden”

Posted on January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

Floral Mix-up

Scabious, agastache, helenium Continue reading “Floral Mix-up”

Posted on August 5, 2020

Lathyrus odoratus ‘Spencer Mix’

Lathyrus odoratus 'Spencer Mix' sweet peas

Lathyrus ‘Spencer Mix’ is sweet pea seed blend that includes white and dark flowers, and clear shades of pink, red, lilac and purple.

Sweet peas are sun lovers, but like their roots in cool, moist soil. They are usually grown for cutting: the more assiduously you pick the flowers, the more the plants will produce.  Continue reading “Lathyrus odoratus ‘Spencer Mix’”

Posted on July 11, 2020July 24, 2020

Cottage Garden Plants: Hollyhocks

Apricot hollyhocks on an allotment
Apricot hollyhocks on an allotment

For most of us, I suspect, hollyhocks are a dream, but what a dream they are!

Alcea 'Halo Candy' - pink hollyhock with dark centre
Hollyhock (Alcea ‘Halo Candy’)

Ruffled blooms with a hint of crinoline have the old fashioned charm and romance we associate with cottage gardens. The leafy green buds, typical of the mallow family, are decorative too. Continue reading “Cottage Garden Plants: Hollyhocks”

Posted on June 14, 2020

In Praise of Alstroemeria

Red Alstroemeria at Cothay Manor
Red Alstroemeria at Cothay Manor

It’s ironic we gardeners are often highly suspicious of plants that have the potential to be really happy and spread in our gardens, whilst lavishing energy, love and concern on ones that only ever hover on the edge of survival. Continue reading “In Praise of Alstroemeria”

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