Tips on Landscaping a Cottage Garden

A cottage garden is most commonly recognized by its array of fragrances, colors and garden textures. many people like cottage gardens because of their nostalgic feel that they bring about. Here are some tips on landscaping a cottage garden at home.

• A cottage garden is not created using a specific type of flowers and greenery. It doesn't involve a formal design but instead uses a free flowing design that allows the plants to run into each other. There are very few grassy spaces left as most of a cottage garden landscape is fully decorated with ground covering as well as full bloom flowers.


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  Vary the types of
  flowers as well as the colors that you use. You want to have some
  tall, spiky flowers as well as some round, shorter flowers as well.
  Bold foliage with large leaves should also be included to break up
  the color and texture.

  
  


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  If you are
  interested in a seasonal variety, add evergreen, and deciduous trees
  and herbs. This will also create a beautiful smell that will last
  all throughout the year. Snap dragons, gladiolas, and delphiniums
  all create a tall spiky look while peonies and geraniums create a
  great bunch of flowers. 

  
  


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  Using recycled stones
  and bricks to create a weathered looking path is traditional for a
  cottage garden. This is one instance where cracked stepping-stones
  and muted, dirty colors are acceptable where as bright, clean colors
  are undesirable. 

  
  


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  If you would like
  to include accessories to your cottage garden landscape, white
  picket fences, as well as wooden trellises and wood benches are
  great to have around. Other common decorations would include weather
  vanes, sundials and birdbaths or birdhouses.