This style of planting dates back to Tudor times, when workers would use tiny scraps of land to grow edibles, ornamentals and medicinal herbs. They were packed in tightly because space was at a premium.
Today the cottage look can be recreated using a mixture of edibles, quintessential cottage plants and some good self seeders which pop up unannounced. Create a natural look by planting in ribbons rather than blocky sections. The traditional colour palette is soft pastels, simply shaped and bee friendly.
Vicky’s top 5 cottage style plants:
Today the cottage look can be recreated using a mixture of edibles, quintessential cottage plants and some good self seeders which pop up unannounced. Create a natural look by planting in ribbons rather than blocky sections. The traditional colour palette is soft pastels, simply shaped and bee friendly.
Vicky’s top 5 cottage style plants:
- Digitalis, the humble foxglove, no cottage border is complete without them.
- Delphinium, available in white and a range of pinks as well as the traditional blue. Protect young plants from slugs.
- Annual sweet peas grown on a small obelisk will give a central point and scent. Great for picking and placing in small posy vases.
- Campanula Persicfolia, the bell flower available in white and blue. Happy in any soils and aspect.
- Extend the flowering season by adding a Rose Bonica. It’s a tough, disease resistant and repeat flowering plant. Nodding heads of Aquilegias for early spring, Asters and Cosmos will extend it into autumn.
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