Taking Delphinium Cuttings
These traditional cottage garden flowers are perfect for adding height to the back of a summer border. Make new plants by taking cuttings with our guide. Dip the base of each cutting into hormone rooting powder (which is available from most ... [... more]
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Columbine
One of the best old-fashioned, cottage garden flowers, aquilegias produce bonnet- shaped flowers that will add an informal note to any planting scheme.'White bonnets' is a lovely variety with pale green foliage and creamy-white flowers. It blooms ... [... more]
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Nigela Damascena Mrs Jekyll
Nigella is an old cottage garden flower, a favourite for scattering wherever there is a gap in the flower border, but also good for short-term massed bedding and for drying. For many years 'Miss Jekyll' was the only widely available variety, and ... [... more]
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Peach-Leaved Bellflower
Campanula persicifolia is an old-fashioned cottage garden flower of great charm. Its mat of foliage creeps gradually to form good ground cover and the leaves are retained in all but the severest winters. From late spring to early summer the tall ... [... more]
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Callendula Officinalis Fiesta Gitana
This is a favourite cottage garden flower and culinary herb that has become a popular plant for bedding and to provide bright splashes of colour in flower borders. There is a wide choice of colours, based around the yellow and orange spectrum, ... [... more]
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Daisy Crazy Plant Collection (Marguerites)
 A classic English Garden flower ideal for large patio containers or beds and borders. Perfect for summer colour from early June until September. They can be over-wintered to provide colour next year too. The varieties are Summit Pink Butterfly Brigh [... more]
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Green Fingers UK |
Wildlife Garden Animals
For the adult butterflies, the key is to provide flowers that provide plenty of nectar. There are plenty of non-native garden flowers that do this just as well as native flowers, but the flowers to avoid are usually ... [... more]
Garden Advice |
Andrew Smith
We all - gardeners or not - appreciate the beauty of familiar garden flowers. But how well do we really know these everyday plants? When do we stop to consider a flower's personality, or to discover the dramatic ... [... more]
Random House |
Kittens 2008 Wall Calendar
A dozen cuddly kittens pose among garden flowers in this adorable new wall calendar. A must-have for kitten lovers! [... more]
Calendar Club CA |
