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Feb 17, 2024 1:56 PM CST
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Name: Evelyn
Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a)
Garden Procrastinator Irises Hummingbirder Region: Ukraine Bee Lover Butterflies
Plant and/or Seed Trader Region: California Cat Lover Deer Bulbs Foliage Fan
Trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, fruits and veggies...what do you have growing in your cottage garden?
"Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson
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Feb 17, 2024 4:07 PM CST
Name: Jill
Baltimore, MD (Zone 7b)
Daylilies Hellebores Cat Lover Region: Maryland Garden Photography Butterflies
Bee Lover
DH gave me a beautiful 7 ft iron tuteur and I will be planting a short climbing rose there (Gertrude Jekyll).
I'm also a fan of the hybrid salvias (microphylla x greggii) which simply gave me tons and tons of blooms all season until frost.
I have loads of Shasta daisies (Alaska) which grow like weeds for me.
Tons of coreopsis (Electric Avenue) which I find to be a great filler plant to get that cottage garden feel.
Echinacea which self seeds all over.
Daylilies and more daylilies (and even more daylilies Smiling )
A big stand of crocosmia (Lucifer)
Rudbeckia Maxima as a great specimen plant
Asclepias Tuberosa
Yucca plants (which were here when we moved here).
Spirea (Magic carpet)

Not a complete list but just what springs to mind Smiling
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Mar 9, 2024 7:30 PM CST
Name: Cinda
Indiana Zone 5b
Dances with Dirt
Beekeeper Bee Lover Overwinters Tender Plants Indoors Cottage Gardener Herbs Wild Plant Hunter
Hummingbirder Butterflies Birds Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Organic Gardener Vegetable Grower
I fear my list is too long Smiling
but some of my favorites :

Beebalm
Daylilies
Iris
peony
Shasta daises
penstemon
Clematis
Hardy geranium
spiderwort
obedient plant
Hosta
Lungwort
Solomon seal
Toadlilies

Daffodils
spanish bluebells
Allium
Snowbells
and of course all kinds of herbs too
..a balanced life is worth pursuit.
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Mar 9, 2024 11:56 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Evelyn
Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a)
Garden Procrastinator Irises Hummingbirder Region: Ukraine Bee Lover Butterflies
Plant and/or Seed Trader Region: California Cat Lover Deer Bulbs Foliage Fan
Rows of iris are in the middle, surrounded by beds of various kinds. A White Flower Border, A Dark Side Garden, A Hot Bed A Shady Nook, A collection of pots of tomatoes, peas and beans along the fence, in season, A Climbing Rose various vegetables in season.
"Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson
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Mar 10, 2024 7:28 AM CST
Name: Jill
Baltimore, MD (Zone 7b)
Daylilies Hellebores Cat Lover Region: Maryland Garden Photography Butterflies
Bee Lover
I would love to see pictures of your white, dark, and hot beds.
Oh, and the shady nook too.
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Mar 11, 2024 7:07 AM CST
Name: Missy
SC (Zone 8a)
Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Region: South Carolina Plant and/or Seed Trader
I would love to see everyone's cottage garden. They are my favorite. Here's a list of some of mine...
Roses
Daylily
Iris
Coneflower
Different salvias and sages
Oriental lilies
Few hostages
Hydrangea
Lambs ear
Black eyed Susans (variety)
Clematis
Bee balm
Amaryllis
Zinnia
Angel Trumpets
Malva
Hollyhock (fingers crossed)
Whatever I can grow from seed or find on a clearance rack
"Loving God... loving each other....
and the story never ends." Lyrics by Bill and Gloria Gaither

Aint nothing flashing but the fireflies...lyrics by Paul Simon

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