you'll need a list of the best cottage garden plants to hand. For some years now, gardeners have striving to perfect the ...

adding vertical interest (such as climbing plants), and creating vignettes (think: a canopied bench next to a bird bath). And there you have it: all of the ingredients needed to make your very own ...

The nostalgia garden, in keeping with the beloved cottage garden, was borne out of necessity when English peasants used every ...

Large spikes of white flowers are salvia’s main attraction. Ideal for mass planting or adding to a rockery, white-flowering salvia adds in texture and colour where needed without any fuss. Equally as ...

Larkspur is described by Gardeners’ World as "a cottage garden plant, adding height and colour to border displays". Experts add its flowers work well with roses and peonies. Crocus says Knautia ...

Cottage garden style is all about layering flowers, a tenet that Fish happily applied to her garden. The pathway leading up to it is lined with lady’s mantle, purple columbine, lavender, and ‘Sarah ...

“A cottage garden planting style is relaxed, creating a tapestry of colour year after year from flowering and foliage plants, including annuals and cut flowers,” explains Marcus Eyles to ...