cottage GARDEN BORDER Plan

This 2 x 4m border is quite heavily planted and gives a billowing effect once the plants start to reach maturity.

1 Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ (lavender)

2 Pennisetum villosum

3 Hylotelephium

(Herbstfreude Group) ‘Herbstfreude’

4 Echinacea purpurea (coneflower)

5 Campanula carpatica f. alba ‘Weisse Clips’ (bellflower)

6 Phlox paniculata ‘Mount Fuji’ (perennial phlox)

7 Salvia nemorosa

‘Ostfriesland’ (sage)

8 Veronicastrum ‘Adoration’ (culver’s root)

9 Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’ (catmint)

10 Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’ (black-eyed Susan)

11 Digitalis purpurea

‘Excelsior Group’ (foxglove)

12 Agapanthus africanus

(African lily)

13 Polygonatum x hybridum (Solomon’s seal)

14 Campanula lactiflora ‘Prichard’s Variety’

15 Iris ‘Jane Phillips’

(bearded iris)

16 Achillea filipendulina

‘Cloth of Gold’ (yarrow)

17 Allium schoenoprasum (chives)