25 Best Cottage Garden Flowers (and which ones are easy-care!)

The best long-flowering cottage garden plants from the gardens I've visited. And if you're looking for easy cottage gardening, then here's a realistic idea of which cottage garden flowers are - or are not - low maintenance! Watch this for timeless garden charm.
00:00 Welcome
00:20 General 'cottage garden' planning ideas.
00:30 Cottage garden style doesn't have 'rules'
01:00 Should you grow native plants in a cottage garden?
01:38 Asters and symphyotricum
02:06 Honeysuckle
02:45 Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
03:40 Catmint (Nepeta)
04:23 Globe Thistle (Echinops ritro)
04:55 Hardy geraniums
05:51 Which cottage garden plants are high maintenance?
06:03 Sweet peas
06:29 Lupins (Lupinus)
06:55 Delphiniums/larkspur
07:07 Tulips. See how to grow tulips video:    • How to choose, plant and grow tulips  
07:55 Best cottage garden bulbs
07: 57 Daffodils. See how to grow daffodils video:    • Growing Daffodils - Plant Now for Mon...  
08:28 Alliums
09:23 Alstroemeria. See how to grow alstromerias video:    • Growing Daffodils - Plant Now for Mon...  
09:52 Best cottage garden shrubs
09:59 Lavender
10:35 Roses. See how to grow roses video:    • Growing roses - expert tips on choosi...  
11:23 Hydrangeas. See how to grow hydrangeas video:    • Hydrangeas - everything you need to k...  
12:15 The easy way to prune hydrangeas video:    • The Easy Guide to Pruning Hydrangeas  
12:20 Best cottage garden perennials
12:41 Monarda (Bee Balm)
12:57 Verbena bonariensis
13:21 Stonecrop/sedum, now known as Hylotelephium
14:26 Best cottage garden annuals and biennials
14:38 Foxgloves (Digitalis)
15:23 Hollyhocks (Alcea)
15:44 Cleome (Spider Flower)
16:04 Cosmos
16:30 Mix classic cottage garden plants with native plants for a 'cottage garden mash-up'. See cottage garden mash-up tips video:    • How to adapt English cottage garden s...  
16:50 Salvias. How to grow salvias video:    • Salvias - Expert Tips on How to Grow ...  
17:12 Best cottage garden trees
17:30 Crab apple tree
18:04 What Is Cottage Garden Style - and How to Achieve It video:    • What is cottage garden style - and ho...  
18:07 Cottage Garden Playlist:    • Best cottage garden tips and ideas  

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