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. Choose new shoots, about 7.5cm (3in) long and remove with a knife, cutting right through ... [... more]
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Aquilegia vulgaris 'White Bonnets'
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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Nigella damascena 'Miss 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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Campanula persicifolia
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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Calendula 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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