LOL! I searched "cottage gardens" here and didn't find this forum!
I am new at this. I have packets of self-sowing annuals, some perennial seeds, and a few existing perennial plants to include as transplants.
I've read the packet instructions about scaterring seeds for temperature stratification, but I could use some advice on arranging them at first. Simple scattering seems too iffy and uncolorful, and putting too many of any one seed in one area seems to defeat the intent.
One plant of something like mixed color larkspurs seems random, maybe 6 of them is good for 3 sq ft, but 3 sq ft of identical blooms is more like my old more formal bed.
I get that scattering seeds of the higher growing ones should be at the back and the smaller ones in front, but how do I deliberately create random and mildly organized at the same time?
I know that, over time, the plants will organize themselves where they are happiest, but true randomness comes hard to me.
How do I balance scattering and grouping?
