These lovely cottage-garden favourites are easy to grow, and add some lovely, delicate colour to garden borders. Find out how to grow Astrantia in my blog. Plant Biography BOTANICAL NAME Astrantia COMMON NAME Masterwort, Hattie's pincushion NATIVE TO Mediterranean Europe, Hungary, Iran, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, and Ukraine. DESCRIPTION Astrantia [...]

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Cottage gardens and cottage garden flower borders are delightful sights to behold, particularly during high summer. This is when many of the different types of flowering perennials used to create that ‘look’ are in full flower. The term ‘cottage garden’ is used to describe a joyful, informal style of planting. Here, many different [...]

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July has arrived with a mix of both intense heat and rain.  The first flush of summer flowers is fading but the good news is there are plenty more waiting their turn to delight. Here are ten of the best: 1. Phlox paniculata 'Sweet Summer Surprise' (Phlox) These reliable perennials [...]

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