FIVE COTTAGE GARDEN CLASSICS

GERANIUM ‘ ROZANNE’

Azure-blue flowers, above, are produced from May until September on 2ft stems above clumps of slightly marbled, dark green leaves.

LUPINUS ‘ RUSSELL HYBRIDS’

This herbaceous perennial is admired for its 3ft spires of flowers in shades of cream, pink, white, yellow, blue and purple.

LAVANDULA X I NTERMEDIA ‘ HIDCOTE GIANT’

Ideal for edging paths, this lavender forms a rounded, bushy plant topped with 3ft spires of violet-blue flowers.

LONICERA PERICLYMENUM ‘ SEROTINA’

Late Dutch honeysuckle boasts fragrant, two-tone flowers from July until October, followed by glistening red berries.

ROSA ‘ DOROTHY PERKINS’

Dating from 1900, this rambling rose boasts a profusion of bright pink flowers in summer that turn to white as they fade.