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25 Best Cottage Garden Flowers (and which ones are easy-care!)



The best long-flowering cottage garden plants from the gardens I’ve visited. And if you’re looking for easy cottage gardening, then here’s a realistic idea of which cottage garden flowers are – or are not – low maintenance! Watch this for timeless garden charm.
00:00 Welcome
00:20 General ‘cottage garden’ planning ideas.
00:30 Cottage garden style doesn’t have ‘rules’
01:00 Should you grow native plants in a cottage garden?
01:38 Asters and symphyotricum
02:06 Honeysuckle
02:45 Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
03:40 Catmint (Nepeta)
04:23 Globe Thistle (Echinops ritro)
04:55 Hardy geraniums
05:51 Which cottage garden plants are high maintenance?
06:03 Sweet peas
06:29 Lupins (Lupinus)
06:55 Delphiniums/larkspur
07:07 Tulips. See how to grow tulips video: https://youtu.be/6RXmpk7ks8w
07:55 Best cottage garden bulbs
07: 57 Daffodils. See how to grow daffodils video: https://youtu.be/ZqtKfZKqlrI
08:28 Alliums
09:23 Alstroemeria. See how to grow alstromerias video: https://youtu.be/ZqtKfZKqlrI
09:52 Best cottage garden shrubs
09:59 Lavender
10:35 Roses. See how to grow roses video: https://youtu.be/CsOAr8mZrnA
11:23 Hydrangeas. See how to grow hydrangeas video: https://youtu.be/kCt4LOnTm2E
12:15 The easy way to prune hydrangeas video: https://youtu.be/SX8KCNUAQWA
12:20 Best cottage garden perennials
12:41 Monarda (Bee Balm)
12:57 Verbena bonariensis
13:21 Stonecrop/sedum, now known as Hylotelephium
14:26 Best cottage garden annuals and biennials
14:38 Foxgloves (Digitalis)
15:23 Hollyhocks (Alcea)
15:44 Cleome (Spider Flower)
16:04 Cosmos
16:30 Mix classic cottage garden plants with native plants for a ‘cottage garden mash-up’. See cottage garden mash-up tips video: https://youtu.be/dZoaPY86hnY
16:50 Salvias. How to grow salvias video: https://youtu.be/2zOkpJ52T40
17:12 Best cottage garden trees
17:30 Crab apple tree
18:04 What Is Cottage Garden Style – and How to Achieve It video: https://youtu.be/u0Me96RiM5c
18:07 Cottage Garden Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrZRLHPUbGmAdYXNUS42-3tR1A-3_-M0z

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42 Comments

  1. @kiwiopklompen

    Oh i loved this one so much – saved, downloaded and thanks so much! So many familiar cottage garden friends and a few new ones to try out. Brilliant. Thanks A xo❤

  6. @MarigoldsintheGarden

    Thank you for your informative and beautiful video 😊What is the best English Lavender to grow in warmer, wetter climates? PS. I love your cute puppy 🐶

  7. @juliabinford6500

    Thank you for all the gorgeous images! Very helpful information. In my zone 8b Pacific Northwest garden, I count on Shasta daisies to come back.

  10. @TishRogers

    oustanding video as always -so comprehensive, great images, generous sharing of information. You are exceptional at this!

  11. @samparr5276

    I threw some sedum clippings into a trug of garden clippings which ended up forgotten about. Months later I moved something off the top of the trug to find that (in the dark!) new sedum stems had sprouted along the length of the clippings. I put them into a tray of compost and got several new plants out of it. They are quite amazingly resilient aren't they?

  12. @johnsmith-ls4rc

    I am trying to think of an alternative to Lavender, to plant in a new narrow sunny bed alongside a path. Lavender is great, but I already have it lining a different path. The plant needs to be relatively tidy and compact throughout the whole summer. I thought I might find something in this video, but nothing is jumping out at me. A lovely video though nonetheless !

  13. @catherineperry9513

    Terrific as always, thank you Alexandra 🙌 Was that an aster or a chrysanthemum draping itself so beautifully over your bench? Do you have a name for it please? 🙏

  16. @carlac4407

    Thank you, it was a really inspiring video. I will certanly plant some of the flowers you suggested. Greetings from Italy

  17. @SpanishEclectic

    Most of my garden plants are in containers, but I put smaller pots of salvias, French/English lavender, Santa Barbara Daisy, etc. in between the larger containers with roses, Spanish lavender or rosemary 'shrubs', Angel's Trumpets, tomatoes, and clematis. I have clay soil, so I haven't been able to dig borders (ground turns to cement in summer, and too hot for a no-dig bed to work, plus (ugh) Bermuda grass that invades. A seventy year-old honeysuckle (the standard yellow and white) had formed a thicket and taken over a fence along the north side of our property. Had to get professionals to remove the thicket, and it took me another week to clear the fence, but there's still a huge root on the neighbor's side and it comes back (he was mad because his mother had planted it and would not agree to dig it out). Knowing your local invasive species is important. Plumbago is horrible. They use it here in Southern California to fill in the open areas in the "cloverleaf" freeway interchanges because it grows to the size of a full-size Range Rover. While they are not anything people would want in a garden, our North American nemesis is the tumbleweed, brought here from the Russian Steppes. It took me three years, but I finally got rid of them all. And yes, they will break loose and chase you on a windy day, and pile up against your house and fences. When I was a child they scared me. Anyway, really excellent video, Alexandra. So concise and well organized, and you are such a pro speaking on camera. I'll definitely check this list again for plants that I want in my garden. 🙂

  18. @ruralangwin

    Some spring in my life I will succeed in getting poppies to germinate and bloom. Despite seeding tens of thousands of seeds each fall, for some reason my Northern California garden refuses to produce a crop. Be can always dream.

  19. @sherishaw-wn7nr

    I have loved this video!!! Along with being so informative, it feels like I’m having a chat with you, getting ready to have tea!!!
    So wonderful!!!💝
    I’m so glad to have found you!

  20. @michmir12345

    Lovely and informative video, as always! Would you mind sharing what the plant is your are sitting in front of? Loving its color and late-season bloom!

  26. @jeanniemeagher1774

    This is one of your BEST VIDEOS!!! I have a large cottage garden and don't know what to put in it to complete it. I have a lot of flowers, but not enough. I adore flowers that don't need much care. You provided me with a list that is longer than space I have for them. I cannot thank you enough!

  27. @barbaracole4314

    I love CG 's they're my favorite, flowers everywhere is so beautiful, I'm converting my front yard to a CG , I'm so inspired watching your shows.

  30. @LouciferFlump

    What a fantastic video. You really did cover everything.

    I have to say, I adore honeysuckles, I prize them for the very fact they go majorly bonkers and cover any ugly structure you have whilst smelling like a million dollars! ✨👌🏻

    I’ve also discovered that asters will grow anywhere! On my heavy clay, many flowers can’t tolerate it – not asters – they flourish! I’ve got one in quite deep shade! He doesn’t care – off he flowers!! Pots? They don’t mind constriction either! They’re really great doers☺️

    Have a very Merry Christmas Alexandra, if we don’t see you before then!! 🎉🎄☃️🌟

  31. @ОльгаДідик-в7э

    Чудовий сад. Гарне поєднання рослин та дуже приємна,пізнавальна розповідь. Всіх благ та творчих успіхів. Натхнення.

  35. @andreaball8114

    I have a north facing slope (on the north side of my house) …. would live to make it a meadow but not sure how many shade-tolerant cottagey/meadowy flowering perennials there are

  39. @minworks1626

    A wonderful summary and pics. Thank you, I enjoyed this review so much. All the best for the coming year. Regards J in BC Canada

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