Posts tagged cottage garden
Sweet Peas - How to start these easy to grow beauties indoors now
Sweet Peas - How to start these easy to grow beauties indoors now

Is there anything more rewarding than growing your flowers from seed? Sweet Peas are easy to grow and give an abundance of flowers all season long, filling your home and garden with their intoxicating fragrance.

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My Top Five perennials for a cottage garden
My Top Five perennials for a cottage garden

Over my gardening life, I have developed some true loves. Some must have plants that do well, no matter what garden I am in or what style my garden is. As you know, my garden is in the English cottage style but these five perennials work in any garden.

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My mid summer garden.
My mid summer garden.

I can feel summer peaking as I write this post. We are heading into late August. That’s the time my dahlias finally start to bloom and my cosmos and zinnias in the cutting garden are still going strong. Even my sweet peas are holding their own.

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