If you love old-fashioned flowers, plant a cottage garden! Originally, cottage gardens evolved from English country gardens, which were designed to be productive spaces where herbs, vegetables, summer ...

Flowers that self-seed in the garden provide a cost-effective way to establish sustainable, long-lasting plantings. Discover ...

Garden Center Showcases the Flowers You Need for a Cottage-Style Garden originally appeared on Parade Home & Garden. After three summers of trying (and failing) to keep our veggies safe from the local ...

A garden design expert shares how to create beautiful mixed borders and other classic cottage-style details.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Morning glories have long been favorites in an informal or cottage garden for their charming vining habit ...

It’s time to think about your cottage flowers for next year. You know, the crystal blue cornflowers that you love so much, the papery Shirley poppies, the red flax, blue flax, clarkia and ...

Cleomes are old-fashioned summer flowers that are enjoying a comeback in many gardens. During the Victorian era, these plants, with their long seedpods and unique spirally arranged leaves, gained ...

Some seedlings look great at the garden center but disappoint everywhere else.

When Jean and Michael Jefferies purchased their Tamalpais Park home in Mill Valley in 1987, it was a simple one-story “cabin” perched on post-and-pier blocks 5 feet off the ground and deprived of ...