Best cottage garden plants for pots – 6 pretty varieties

If cottage gardens are one of your favourite planting schemes (they’re certainly mine!), but you’re short on border space, you can still achieve the look on a patio. You’ll just need a list of the best cottage garden plants for pots to get you started.

Actually, many of the best cottage garden plants thrive in containers – it’s just a case of choosing the right types, whether you’re after the daisy-like flowers Erigeron or the delphinium varieties that thrive in pots (yes, really!).

Here’s our pick of the best cottage garden plants for pots.

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