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October 5, 2010

Cottage garden typical in Cracow region

This lovely old style cottage garden is arranged in Cracow botanic garden. I haven’t seen too many gardens looking like this, while travelling nowadays around Poland, but it doesn’t mean they didn’t look like this in the past. I like it and I hope you will also like it. List of plants you can find on the bottom of the post.








List of plants / typical cottage garden in Cracow region
Perennials: phloks, delphinium, aconitum, irys, aruncus, paeonia, dhalia, verbascum, lilium, dendrathema, dicentra, rudbeckia, rheum, levisticum (lovage), artemisia (wormwood).
Bulbs: daffodils (narcissus).
Annuals and biennals: hollyhocks (alcea), dianthus barbatus, cosmos, calendula, evening stock, sweet pea (lathyrus odoratus), nasturtium, zinnia, snapdragon, aster, helianthus.
Vegetables: dill, parsley, carrot, beetroot, tomato, celery, leek, pumpkin.
Shrubs: box, lilac, red and black ribes.

Recommended further reading: The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage

13 comments:

  1. Darla05 October, 2010 13:38

    Just breathtaking...don't know what I like better, the fencing or the upside down containers on the fence.

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  2. Susan in the Pink Hat05 October, 2010 16:46

    Why are the pots hung on the fence?

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  3. growtosow05 October, 2010 20:17

    nice photos

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  4. Ewa06 October, 2010 07:39

    Susan, the big brown one is made of metal and that's traditional container for carrying milk, the gray/silver ones and small brown are ceramic and are multipurpose :)

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  5. Ewa06 October, 2010 07:40

    Darla - nice to see you again here :)

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  6. Ewa06 October, 2010 07:40

    growtosow - thank's for visiting

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  7. jurooma06 October, 2010 10:16

    How wonderful! I like it.

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  8. Kathryn/plantwhateverbringsyoujoy.com06 October, 2010 19:30

    Oh, Ewa! I love that fence, which someone lovingly made. Do you know what branches they used? I wish I wish I wish I would see more of that here. We do have extraordinary stone fences. I'll post one day and let you know! Thank you for this one. Charming!

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  9. Simon Eade07 October, 2010 12:31

    Hello Ewa, I was just checking out your site on the 'All Gardening Site' and was wondering if you would be interested in swapping links with my own site www.gardenofeaden.blogspot.com ? I look forward to hearing form you. Kind regards, Simon

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  10. Carole07 October, 2010 20:10

    Just gorgeous !! I wonder if the plants are not the same as the ones growing in what we call in France "jardins de curé" (priests' gardens).

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  11. Ewa11 October, 2010 10:26

    Kathryn, unfortunately I don't know what are the branches used for the fence - I may guess it's willow, cos this is most popular here material for baskets, fencing panels etc.
    Xoxo

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  12. Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardens19 October, 2010 22:43

    I love cottage gardens and this one is fantastic. I have a small book called Brilliant Gardens, a celebration of English gardening by Candida Lycett Green, it is all about cottage gardens. Is there something similar available from your area, country? Cheers T.

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  13. philippines flower shop28 March, 2011 09:27

    Pretty flowers! Seems your garden was so healthy. Wish I can have a healthy garden too. I'm been looking for interesting topic as this. Looking forward for your next post. Keep posting!

    toni

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