A Cottage Garden in Connecticut

Classic perennials mingle for classic beauty

Greetings from Darien , Connecticut . My name is Andrea Huntington , and I ’ve enjoyed working on my cottage garden at my 1780s home . This small garden include foxglove(Digitalis purpurea , Zones 4–9 ) , salvia(Salvia nemorosa , Zones 5–9 ) , catmint(Nepeta × faassenii , Zones 3–9 ) , peony ( Paeonia sp . ) , shasta daisies(Leucanthemum × superbum , zona 5–8 ) , roses , and clematis uprise up the obelisk . It bring me such joy !

A bright chickenhearted day lily ( Hemerocallissp . Zones 4–9 ) glow in a ray of sunshine .

The tall spire of foxglove blossom in front of the obelisk . foxglove are a biennial , with foliage the first year , and these classical cottage garden flowers the 2d . To ensure that you have them every year in your garden , you’re able to inseminate new seeds each year , or simply let them self - sow , which they will do in many climates as long as the mulch in your garden is n’t too slurred for the small seeds to pullulate . take in our industrial plant templet to foxglove here .

The gray leafage and pocket-sized blue flower of catnip fill in unresolved spaces in the garden and displume the whole planting together into one harmonious whole . View our flora guide to catmint here .

pinkish rose wine and catmint in full bloom . In the shopping centre , the leafage of paeony indicates what was showing off in this space earlier in the season . Behind that , the buds on shasta daisy prognosticate more bloom and people of colour to come after in the summer .

The fuzzy silver folio of lamb ’s ears ( Stachys byzantina , Zones 4–8 ) are as soft to the touching as they are invoke to the middle .

The obelisk with clematis growing up it provides height and focus in the garden .

A view down the bed , with the obelisk presiding over a rich tapestry of peak and foliage . For more bungalow garden breathing in , click here .

look down the bed from the other side .

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