Grow your own cottage garden from seed with this easy to use seed collection. This Cottage Garden flower kit is perfect for creating a classic relaxed planting scheme. These flowers are great for attracting butterflies and bees which are so beneficial for our gardens.
They will bloom from April to October which provides colour from spring to autumn. Just add some evergreen shrubs and seasonal bulbs and voila one beautiful garden with year round interest.
5 packets of seeds – Cosmos, Forget-me-Nots, Nicotiana, Zinnia and Verbena bonariensis
5 wooden plant markers
mini planting plan.
Cosmos flowers from June-October (or first frosts) and grows to around 60cm tall. Annual flower. Variety is 'Candy Stripe' with a white flower and bold magenta edges
Forget-Me-Not – dainty blue flowers from April-June. Height of 30cm, and looks fabulous with tulips in a pot. Alternatively sow directly in the front of a border or woodland edge. Will self seed = free seed for the following year!
Nicotiana - commonly known as the tobacco plant due to the shape of the leaves. Scented white flowers on long stems. Grows to around 75cm tall and will bloom from June to October.
Zinnia - Variety is called 'Jazz' and will grow to around 75cm tall, bi-coloured, large flowers. Superb for cut flowers and are very easy to grow and will flower from June to October.
Verbena bonariensis – flowers from June to October and grows to 120cm+ and is ideal for the back of a border as it has lovely slender stems with a purple ‘bobble’ type flower. Perennial flower.
