I began making a list of plants that are traditionally found in cottage gardens. Some plants flower in spring, more flower in summer, and some plants are still flowering to fall. A lot of what I do, as a gardener, is by chance, by serendipity. There are different variables that will affect your garden, including weather, insects, how much time one has to garden, and so on. Here are some spring flowers: apple blossoms, bleeding hearts, snow drops, lilacs, forsythia, tulips, and others. Then, in summer, we have roses, peonies, miniature irises, snow ball hydrangeas, day lilies, fox glove, different varieties of hostas, lavender, shasta daisies, gloriosa daisies, cone flowers, bee balm, raspberries, clematis, and others. You want to stick with perennials over annuals, but biennials like Sweet Williams and holly hocks will add a lot to a garden. Self seeding plants are always welcome including, by the way, plants that migrate to your garden from your neighbour`s yard. I have forgotten or left out other plants I've grown and will try to include them here at a later date. Something could be written about every plant or tree or bush mentioned here and possibly will be.
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Bleeding heart
 | Bleeding hearts
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| Here is a hosta in early spring |
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| Apple blossoms |
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| Forsythia bush |
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| Tulips |
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