If you would like to re-sow or plant flowers in your flower bed every few years, you can fill your farm garden with perennial flowers. Below you will find a selection of the most beautiful perennial cottage garden flowers.
Which flowers are perennial for the cottage garden?
Perennial flowers for the cottage garden are hardy and bloom over several years. Popular perennial flowers include primrose, snowdrop, columbine, peony, iris, lady's mantle, hydrangea, cornflower, delphinium, burning love, bluebell, phlox, hollyhock, bush mallow, autumn anemone, heather and winter aster.
Growing flowers in the cottage garden for several years
Flowers are only perennial if they get through the winter well. Perennials are of course hardy, but there are a few things you should keep in mind when overwintering your perennial flowers in the cottage garden:
- Don't cut them down to the ground in autumn, but rather leave everything standing: the branches and leaves will gradually fall off and form a natural winter protection.
- Especially in very cold winters, it is advisable to cover the beds with brushwood to protect the roots from frost.
- In autumn you can add humus to the beds for additional protection. This then also supplies the young plants with nutrients in spring.
Perennial flowers that bloom in spring
Spring bloomers bring colors to the awakening garden.
| German name | Botanical name | Flowering time | Flower color |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primroses | Primula | December to April | Many different colors |
| Snowdrops | Galanthus | January to May | White |
| Columbine | Aquilegia | April to July | White, blue, yellow, pink |
| Peony | Paeonia | May to June | White, pink |
| Iris | Iris | May to June | Blue, violet, pink, yellow, white etc. |
Perennial summer bloomers
In summer there are colorful and varied flowers in the farm garden.
| German name | Botanical name | Flowering time | Flower color |
|---|---|---|---|
| woman's coat | Alchemilla mollis | June to September | Yellow-green |
| hydrangea | Hydrangea macrophylla | May to July | Blue, pink, white, purple |
| Cornflower | Centaurea cyanus | May to September | Blue, white, purple, pink |
| larkspur | Delphinium | June to July, second flowering possible | White, blue, purple |
| Burning Love | Silene chalcedonica | June to July | Red |
| Bellflower | Campanula | June to September | Violet, white, pink |
| Phlox | Phlox paniculata | July to August | Blue, white, pink etc. |
| Hollyhock | Alcea rosea | July to August | Yellow, orange, pink, red etc. |
| Bush mallow | Lafathera thuringiaca | July to September | White, pink |
Here you will find even more summer-flowering cottage garden perennials.
Perennial autumn bloomers
It's not just the trees that are colorful in winter; The cottage garden can also delight in its blossoms well into November.
| German name | Botanical name | Flowering time | Flower color |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Anemone | Anemone hupehensis | July to October | White, pink |
| Heather, common heather | Calluna vulgaris | August to November | White, pink, purple |
| Winteraster | Chrysanthemum | September to November | White, yellow, red, purple, pink etc. |
| Autumn Monkshood | Aconitum carmichaelii | September to October | Blue |
