Illustrated List of Plants for Cottage Gardens
Allium Cottage Garden
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Alliums are well loved for their truly architectural shapes and superb bold flowers. This magnificent collection offers a variety of form and colour to bring you a wonderfully outstanding show in early summer. Supplied as mixed bulbs size 3/5cm. |
Architectural Plant Collection
| Collection comprises 3 plants each of Rudbeckia Black Knight, Sidalcea Party Girl, Foxglove and Monarda Bergamot. See individual plant listings for full descriptions. |
Cone Flower
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Echinacea This plant is happy wherever you plant it and blooms all summer long. The flowers are suitable for autumn cutting and are long lasting in water. Height 70-80cm (28-32 inches). |
Cottage Garden Collection
What greater pleasure than to have the show of some truly English Cottage Garden flowers in the beds and borders. Once planted they will quickly establish and grow bigger and stronger to give many years of pleasure.
Supplied in 5cm pots. |
Crocus - Dutch Large Flowering
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A sure sign of spring as the crocus burst into life. Once planted they can be left undisturbed for years. Plant in clumps or large drifts for maximum effect. Bulb size 7/8cm.
Collection comprises 40 bulbs each of Purple, Yellow, Striped and White.
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Delphinium - Pacific Hybrids
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Exceptional beauty and range of colour. When cut back after the first flush of flowers in June they are likely to flower again in August/September. Supplied in 5cm pots. |
Gladioli - Mixed
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With their stately flower spikes they are best planted in groups for a magnificent effect, Gladioli are also well loved as cut blooms. If you plant Gladioli at 14-day intervals from March onwards you can enjoy their fabulous flowers from June to late autumn. Height: 90-120cm (36-38 inches). Bulb size 8/10cm. |
Hollyhock
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Tall and stately, these should be planted at the back of the border where their stately height will add just a touch of majesty. Flowering from June to September. Height 150-180cm (5-6 feet). Supplied in 5cm pots. |
Lily - Giant Fragrant - Dizzy
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Giant Fragrant Lilies. Rich flowering and highly scented, these majestic lilies are ideal for beds and borders where they look magnificent massed together or placed among shrubs or on large rock gardens. With up to 8 blooms per stem, their large bi-coloured flowers are also ideal for cutting. Leave them undisturbed after flowering and they will reward you by returning year after year. Bulb size 14-16cm. |
Lily - Giant Fragrant - Muscadet
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Plant them in clumps of single colour for a striking show or in mixed borders for added colour and contrast.
Bulb size 14/16cm. |
Lily - Giant Fragrant - Tom Pouce
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Giant Fragrant Lilies. Rich flowering and highly scented, these majestic lilies are ideal for beds and borders where they look magnificent massed together or placed among shrubs or on large rock gardens. With up to 8 blooms per stem, their large bi-coloured flowers are also ideal for cutting. Leave them undisturbed after flowering and they will reward you by returning year after year. Bulb size 14-16cm. |
Lily of the Valley
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Convallaria majalis. Dainty fragrant flowers which may be cut for posies. Flowers in May. Highly scented. Height: 20-25cm (8-10 inches). Supplied as size one pips.
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Phlox - Fragrant Collection
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Also known as Summer Lilacs. With a wealth of fragrant flowers from July to September, they are easy to grow in any soil, good or poor. Height: 50cm (20 inches). |
Phlox Admiral
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Supreme colour and scent from these bold garden varieties. Ideal for garden borders where they will appear year after year with strong healthy growth, topped with clusters of flowers throughout the summer. The foliage is dense and compact with deep green, lance-shaped leaves with prominent veins. Grow in any soil in a sunny or partial shaded position. Height: 75cm (30 inches). Size one bareroot plants supplied. |
Phlox Fragrant Collection
Grow in any soil in a sunny or partial shaded position. Height: 75cm (30 inches). Size one bareroot plants supplied. |
Phlox Laura
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Supreme colour and scent from these bold garden varieties. Ideal for garden borders where they will appear year after year with strong healthy growth, topped with clusters of flowers throughout the summer. The foliage is dense and compact with deep green, lance-shaped leaves with prominent veins. Grow in any soil in a sunny or partial shaded position. Height: 75cm (30 inches). Size one bareroot plants supplied. |
Phlox Nicky
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Supreme colour and scent from these bold garden varieties. Ideal for garden borders where they will appear year after year with strong healthy growth, topped with clusters of flowers throughout the summer. The foliage is dense and compact with deep green, lance-shaped leaves with prominent veins. Grow in any soil in a sunny or partial shaded position. Height: 75cm (30 inches). Size one bareroot plants supplied. |
Phlox Orange Perfection
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Supreme colour and scent from these bold garden varieties. Ideal for garden borders where they will appear year after year with strong healthy growth, topped with clusters of flowers throughout the summer. The foliage is dense and compact with deep green, lance-shaped leaves with prominent veins. Grow in any soil in a sunny or partial shaded position. Height: 75cm (30 inches). Size one bareroot plants supplied. |
Pinks - Doris (Clove Scented)
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Pinks have a lovely fragrance and make a stunning display as cut flowers. These modern varieties of the old-fashioned cottage garden favourite will produce a succession of clove-scented blooms from spring to late autumn. They will rapidly form large spreading clumps approximately 30-45cm (12-18 inches) wide and 45cm (18 inches) tall. Flowering year after year. Supplied as 30mm plug plants. |
Pinks - Gran's Favourite (Clove Scented)
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Supplied as 30mm plug plants. |
Pinks - Haytor Rock (Clove Scented)
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Pinks have a lovely fragrance and make a stunning display as cut flowers. These modern varieties of the old-fashioned cottage garden favourite will produce a succession of clove-scented blooms from spring to late autumn. They will rapidly form large spreading clumps approximately 30-45cm (12-18 inches) wide and 45cm (18 inches) tall. Flowering year after year. Supplied as 30mm plug plants. |
Pinks - Ruffled
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Pinks have a lovely fragrance. They make a stunning display as cut flowers. This modern variety of the old-fashioned cottage garden favourite will produce a succession of scented blooms from spring to late autumn. Will rapidly form large spreading clumps approximately 30-45cm wide and 45cm tall. Flowering year after year. Pictured (clockwise from top left) - Ruffled Amy, Ruffled Annabel & Ruffled Alice. |
Snowdrops Galanthus
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Single Snowdrops. No flowers are more welcome than the snowdrop in the drab winter months.
Height: 15cm (6 inches).
Bulb size 4/5cm.
Only cultivated stock used.
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Stocks - Cinderella
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Summer stocks are one of the most fragrant bedding plants you can buy and these are no exception. These come as a lively mix of pinks, reds and white with elegant spikes growing to 20-25cm (8-10 inches). Great in the border but superlative as cut flowers. |
Sweet Pea Everlasting
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This much-admired perennial Sweet Pea will produce stunning scented blooms in shades of carmine, rose and white from June to October. Easy to grow, this excellent cottage garden variety is ideal for cutting to fill your home with natural fragrance, in fact the more you cut, the more flowers are produced. |