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    Plant buying in late winter – what to choose

    Plant buying in late winter – what to choose

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - February 16th, 2021

    cottage garden plants, Spring gardening

    Buying plants online is a fantastic way to fill your garden and to support independent plant nurseries. You can buy what you like the look of now to plant now and flower this time next year. Yes, gardening is all about thinking ahead.


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    A front garden for other people to enjoy

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - January 27th, 2021

    cottage garden plants, what is a garden for?, Winter cottage garden

    Your front garden or your area by your front door is a chance to give some pleasure to passers-by and visitors who may never see your back garden. So think of ways to make it lovely to walk past using scent, colour and interesting plants.

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    Small tulips for pots in the cottage garden style

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - December 1st, 2020

    Autumn cottage garden, Pots and containers, small garden ideas, Spring bulbs

    Species tulips are tiny and perfect for pots in the cottage garden style for people who don’t have space for pots of big tulip bulbs.

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    How to have colour in the winter cottage garden

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - November 12th, 2020

    Autumn cottage garden, Autumn gardening, Colour in the garden, cottage garden plants, Pots and containers, Winter cottage garden

    We have to look out onto our cottage gardens in the winter too so here are some pics of how I get splashes of colour to avoid it looking too bleak.

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    The reluctant gardener- tips for autumn

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - October 17th, 2020

    Autumn cottage garden, cottage garden plants, Spring bulbs, Winter cottage garden

    Reluctant gardeners might be thinking of staying indoors till the Spring but here are 6 tips for easy things you can do to help your garden look even lovelier next year.

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    Cottage garden self-seeded plants that I leave alone.

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - September 9th, 2020

    Autumn cottage garden, cottage garden plants, Wildlife gardening

    The cottage garden style welcomes and treasures self-seeding plants. We an leave them alone or we can move them about but I choose to just leave them where they have decided to grow and work around that.

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    Cottage garden style in a heatwave

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - August 11th, 2020

    cottage garden plants, summer cottage garden, Summer gardening, town gardens

    My south facing front garden looks fabulous through spring and into June but it has totally collapsed now, leaving great gaps of parched bare soil. My favourite style will have to adapt for future dry and hot seasons.

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    Cottage garden planting – why am I dithering?

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - July 31st, 2020

    cottage garden plants, summer cottage garden, Summer gardening

    Cottage garden planting means beds, borders and containers crammed full of plants you love just because you love them. Let some weeds in, let in the wildlife and sit back and enjoy the mad profusion of the seasons.

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    How to use colour in the cottage garden style

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - June 4th, 2020

    Colour in the garden, cottage garden plants, Pots and containers

    My garden is 95% green planting and I get colour from pots and furniture – I don’t have the big blowsy flowers that would fill the borders full of colour. Maybe you don’t either. All is not lost.

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    How to use colour in the cottage garden style

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    Mr Fox just outside the back door finishing up the Mr Fox just outside the back door finishing up the stray cat’s dinner. What a beautiful creature he is.
    Washed the table ready for Spring but careful not Washed the table ready for Spring but careful not to disturb the moss in pic 2. #londoncottagegarden
    Sitting with the door wide open for the first time Sitting with the door wide open for the first time this year. Sun shining. #londoncottagegarden
    Double early supermarket tulips now and 10 days ag Double early supermarket tulips now and 10 days ago.  Aren’t they fab.
    20 mins later. Is it the same one or another one? 20 mins later. Is it the same one or another one? I wish I knew.
    Foxy visits us every evening around 6/6.30. Lovely Foxy visits us every evening around 6/6.30. Lovely creature.
    Double early tulips, scented, in my favourite vase Double early tulips, scented, in my favourite vase. 1930s I think. Earlier? #londoncottagegarden #tulips #vintage
    Miss Popsie Poppit is on the shelf #tortiekitten Miss Popsie Poppit is on the shelf #tortiekitten  #tortiecat
    😳is this the end of my geranium tomentosum ?? H 😳is this the end of my geranium tomentosum ??
Help! #londoncottagegarden #geraniums
    Lovely pattern of snow on our brick path. #londonc Lovely pattern of snow on our brick path. #londoncottagegarden #frontgarden #brickpath
    Set up my table and chair today - ready for my mor Set up my table and chair today - ready for my morning coffee someday soon #londoncottagegarden #cottagegardenstyle #colourinthegarden
    Spot the blurry bee 🐝 on the winter honeysuckle Spot the blurry bee 🐝 on the winter honeysuckle- that’s why the shrub is so vital #bees #wintershrubs #londoncottagegarden
    Just cut back a pot of hakonechloa grass. New shoo Just cut back a pot of hakonechloa grass. New shoots will appear within 2/3 weeks. #grasses #japanesegrass
    Grasses with and now without snow on them. They ar Grasses with and now without snow on them. They aren’t affected at all #grasses #ornamentalgrasses
    Lovely snow. Lovely snow.
    Amazing light in the back garden today #londoncott Amazing light in the back garden today #londoncottagegarden #londongarden #wintersun
    Collecting local leaves for my compost again #leaf Collecting local leaves for my compost again #leafmould #londoncottagegarden #compost #lovelyleaves #organicmatter
    Into my pot of tulips it goes! Eat that and weep y Into my pot of tulips it goes! Eat that and weep you pesky squirrels! #londoncottagegarden #tulips #squirrels
    Garden looks golden today #londoncottagegarden #gr Garden looks golden today #londoncottagegarden #grasses #hakonechloa #japanesegrasses
    Tiny species tulip bulbs from @blomsbulbs perfect Tiny species tulip bulbs from @blomsbulbs perfect for a small pot #tulips #containergardening #cottagegarden
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