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did you know?

No Cottage Garden
Should Be Without One

Learn more about cottage gardening in
Creating a Cottage Garden in North America
by Stephen Westcott-Gratton

Needless to say, there are lots of insouciant, low-maintenance perennials that will add interest and excitement to your cottage garden. Here are 20 suggestions to get you started.

• Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) Zone 4
• Bearded iris (Iris spp. and cultivars) Zones 3-4
• Blazing star (liatris spicata) Zone 4
• Bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) Zone 4
• Christmas rose (Helleborus niger) Zone 4
• Columbine (some) (Aquilegia spp.) Zones 3-4
• Coral Bells (Heuchera americana and cultivars ) Zone 4
• Cupid’s dart (Catananche caerulea) Zone 3
• Foam flower (Tiarella spp. and cultivars) Zones 3-4
• Globe thistle (Echinops ritro) Zone 3
• Herbaceous clematis (Clematis integrifolia) Zones 4-5
• Lungwort (Pulmonaria spp. and cultivars) Zones 4-5
• Michaelmas daisy (Aster novi-belgii and cultivars) Zone 4
• Peony (Paeonia spp. and cultivars) Zones 3-4
• Pinks (Dianthus spp. and cultivars) Zones 3-4
• Phlox (Phlox spp. and cultivars) Zone 4
• Plantain lily (Hosta plantaginea and cultivars) Zone 3
• Rose campion (Lychnis coronaria) Zone 4
• Shasta daisy (Leucanthemum x superbum) Zone 5
• Yarrow (Achillea spp. and cultivars) Zones 3-4

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