I am trying to make a cottage garden in a part of our yard that we have never attempted to landscape before. Its fenced. I want it to be partially tropical, partially butterfly/bee, have some tub gardens, etc. This is what I have Planted so far.....
Bauhinia tree, vines on the fence (passiflora, jasmine, wisteria), caladiums, ALocasia and colocasia, bromeliads, coleus, buddleia, some decorative grasses (aztec, mthly, fountain), firecracker fern, Salvia, banana, curcuma, costus gingers.
I'd like to do a rough construct trellis from wood harvested from the forest. I haven;t edges yet.
What else should I consider?
And, what happens to most cottage gardens in winter? Does everything die back? Most of what I have is hardy here. I might care to cover a couple things
