Hollyhocks are a classic cottage garden flower that can ... It reminds me of Victorian gardens and quaint, old-fashioned ...

Bleeding heart is an old-fashioned cottage garden plant. In early spring, green foliage unfurls to mature, three-lobed leaves, very similar to parsley foliage. A string of about 10 pendulous pink ...

If you love old-fashioned flowers, plant a cottage garden! Originally, cottage gardens evolved from English country gardens, which were designed to be productive spaces where herbs, vegetables ...

As a garden writer, yes, I adore popular perennials, but there are so many other lesser-known perennials that are ...

Because my grandmother’s garden was a cottage garden ... I find myself wanting to fill my own garden with the so-called, old-fashioned plants she loved, the asters, dahlias, poppies, bearded ...

Random planting is typical of old-fashioned cottage gardens, where annuals were left to self-seed inbetween aggressive, spreading perennials. Just weed out what you don’t want. Be careful as the ...

Many gardeners think of nasturtium plants as old fashioned cottage plants their grandmothers grew in their gardens. But today’s nasturtium plants are not your grandmother’s nasturtiums.

THE FRAGRANCE OF lilacs, an old-fashioned cottage garden favorite, is potent and deeply nostalgic. Previous generations freely shared lilac slips with friends and neighbors, producing purple ...

In describing her presentation, Kirk-Williams explains, “Cottage gardening ... worked well in her southern gardens. She also will mention some of the old-fashioned pass-along plants as well ...