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Five Plants for a Cottage Garden
Cottage Garden
Cottage Garden
Cottage Gardens are one of the best known English gardens. Their rambling and natural looking nature allows for an explosion of colour to be enjoyed, with fragrances and aromas as much a part of the garden as the vibrant petal themselves. Whilst a Cottage Garden can contain all sorts of your favourite specimens there are a few key plants which should make up the backbone of your planting. And by including these five you can ensure that your garden instantly has that quintessential English ambiance.
Roses
Without a doubt, roses are
Cottage Gardens
Cottage Gardens
Cottage Gardens
Cottage gardens are to a cottage or rather cottage styled houses. Random and carefree in form and a cluttered look are the characteristics of this type of gardens. A profusion of old-fashioned colorful flowers add life to cottage gardens.
Cottage gardens are English in origin and were built by workers who lived in cottages and these gardens provided food and herbs. They also planted beautiful flowery plants for decoration like perennials or bulbs. Watering and weeding efforts were reduced as plants were planted very closely and in abundant sunlight. Flowery plants like hollyhocks, delphinium and daisies,
Components of Cottage Garden Landscaping
Cottage Garden
Cottage Garden
Cottage Gardens
A cottage garden is beautiful but it takes a lot of hard work and planning to end up with your dream garden. It is perhaps the very best option for anyone who enjoys a romantic looking garden and is willing to implement all of the cottage garden components and landscaping techniques in order to achieve the end result. Cottage gardens originally implemented some creative planting techniques in order to plant as many edible plants as possible in a very small area. However, cottage gardens were used not only to grow food but also for decoration because gardeners wanted to have a beautiful area. The result of edible plants and decorative plants combined resulted in the beautiful cottage garden we love today.
