A Selection of Cottage Garden Plants
An informal, romantic style. Plants are packed together, with lush, contrasting textures and colours, from soft and gentle to hot and fiery. Anything goes!
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SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Harrington's Pink'
Clusters of bright pink flowers. Popular at the nursery.
AGM 1.50m £5.00
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia var. parviflora
Similar to 'Alba' but with more attractive foliage.
1.00m £5.00
ARUNDO donax
Giant reed, growing up to 10ft high! Grey-green leaves. Needs a warm spot in moist soil.
3.00m £7.50
CYNARA scolymus 'Gros Camus de Bretagne'
Large silvery leaves, long stems carry edible buds in summer, then big purple thistle flowers which dry well. Good soil in sun.
1.00m £6.00
ROMNEYA coulteri
Tree Poppy. Beautiful papery-white poppy flowers July-Oct, handsome grey-green lobed leaves. Rich soil in a sheltered spot. Mulch in winter.
AGM 1.50m £8.50
EUPHORBIA donii
Long-lasting lime-green flowers on a bush of narrow silver-centred foliage. A striking plant.
1.20m £5.00
EUPHORBIA epithymoides
Syn. E. polychroma. Mounds of bright yellow flowerheads all spring.
AGM 40cm £5.00
ALCALTHAEA suffrutescens 'Parkallee'
Pale creamy-yellow perennial hollyhock with dark maroon stamens, flowers from June-November. Grey-green rust-free leaves!
2.40m £5.00
RUDBECKIA submentosa 'Henry Eilers'
Lovely, quirky coneflower, has finely quilled yellow petals around an orange-brown cone, August-October. Sun to part shade.
1.20m £5.00
HELLEBORUS orientalis Hybrids
Seedlings from our hellebores - dark maroon, pinks, yellows, whites and spotted. Come and see the flowers in March!
45cm £6.50
ASTER 'Small Ness'
Much-requested last year! Low-growing mound, smothered with small, fresh pinkish-blue daisies September-October.
30cm £5.00
EUPHORBIA segueriana ssp. niciciana
Late-flowering semi-evergreen Euphorbia, a mound of intense lime green flowers on reddish stems late summer to early autumn. National Collection Holder Don Witton's eyes lit up when I offered him a plant! Sunny spot.
50cm £5.00
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