Cottage Garden Combinations

Some folks favor soft pastels but linda says she gets more oomph from strong color combinations.

Cottage garden combinations.

If you let these plants set and drop seed you ll have the serendipitous plant combinations that typify cottage garden chaos. These romantic plants are must haves for a romantic cottage style garden. Part of the charm is how informal it is. I like a lot of zing and pop she asserts.

Cottage gardens may lack huge sweeps of flowers but color is still prominent often year round. Homely and functional gardens connected to working class cottages go back centuries but their stylized reinvention occurred in 1870s england as a. The cottage garden is a distinct style that uses informal design traditional materials dense plantings and a mixture of ornamental and edible plants. English in origin it depends on grace and charm rather than grandeur and formal structure.

Cottage garden style is all about soft lines heirloom varieties and unstructured flower beds. Instead look for adirondack wicker or painted metal shellback chairs. My plants need to pay rent. The furniture doesn t have to match.

Make your cottage garden into an outdoor living space by adding comfy furniture. Add a little romance to your outdoor space. An eclectic mix fits right in.