Six Native Woody Vines For an American Cottage Garden
Karen Scrambling over a wall or up a pergola, attracting birds, or adding color and fragrance vines can be an important part of an American cottage garden. Vines not only add…
Five Spring Perennials for the Cottage Garden
Spring means renewed growth in the garden with bulbs and flowering trees contributing splashes of color all over the landscape. Perennials are not usually in full force during this time…
The Best Pumpkins for Pumkin Pie
Not all pumpkins are created equal. True, they are all edible, but some make better pie filling that others. The most desirable traits for making pie are taste and texture.…
Five Fall Blooming Perennials for the Cottage Garden
The traditional cottage gardener had plants that bloomed in the fall just as we do. Many of those plants are still favorites today although improved cultivars are taking their place.…
Characteristics of Polyantha Roses
Known for their profusion of flowers, polyantha roses arose in France in the late 19th century. Their parentage is vague but probably involved a China rose and Rosa multiflora, the…
True Lilies for the Cottage Garden
True lilies are one of the most showy plants found in cottage gardens. True lilies all belong to the genus Lilium so many plants that have the word “lily’ as…
Characteristics of Hybrid Tea Roses
Everyone loves roses and why not? They are beautiful flowers, suggest romance, and have been featured in literature and art for over two thousand years. Most of the roses you…
Five Roses for the Cottage Garden
No cottage garden would be complete without roses; not the high maintenance, leggy, hybrid teas that most people visualize as the typical rose but the more easy going kind that…
Cool Weather Annuals for the Cottage Garden
Annuals provide bright color beginning in spring and are important part a cottage garden. Typically, cottage garden annuals are easy to grow, vigorous, and self-seed, requiring little care and assistance.…
Charateristics of the Traditional Cottage Garden
The cottage garden brings to mind images of a romantic scene overflowing with charming informality, abundant plant material, and quaint garden ornaments. But the original cottage gardens were borne out…