12 plants curatedcottage

Whimsical Cottage Garden

A romantic cascade of airy blooms and wispy grasses evokes a dreamy cottage feel. This collection offers a delightful mix of textures and heights for abundant seasonal charm.

Core plants

Defines the look. The minimum you need.

Rosesback

No1

Climbing Rose

Rosa (climbing cultivar)

"Grasses"front

No2

Mexican Feather Grass

Stipa tenuissima

Flowering Plantsmiddle

No3

Olympic Mullein

Verbascum olympicum

the Kitchenmiddle

No4

English mace; Sweet Nancy; Sweet yarrow

Achillea ageratum

Flowering Plantsmiddle

No5

Giant Foxtail Lily

Eremurus robustus

Full palette

Fills all zones and extends seasonal interest.

Flowering Plantsmiddle

No6

White Gaura

Oenothera lindheimeri

Foliage Plantsfront

No7

Wormwood

Artemisia 'Powis Castle'

Flowering Plantsfront

No8

Bearded Iris

Iris germanica

Also pairs well

Swap candidates for more variety.

Flowering Plantsmiddle

No9

Garden Phlox

Phlox paniculata

Flowering Plantsmiddle

No10

Great Burnet

Sanguisorba officinalis

Impactfront

No11

Cardoon

Cynara cardunculus

"Flowering Plants"middle

No12

Culver’s root ‘Fascination’

Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination'