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I never knew what to plant to make my garden look like the pretty gardens I saw in magazines!! I just decided to plant what I like and guess what? It worked! If you like something, plant it! My advice would be to plant more than one, however. To have a cohesive look, plant in repeating patterns down a border. At least three of each plant. Read the labels and find out how tall they will be at full height. Plant the tall ones in back and the short ones in front! Make sure they will grow in your zo

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My garden dream come true…💗🌸 It’s fun to see the cottage gardens from above! I think it might be helpful for some of you trying to lay out your own gardens. You can see I didn’t crowd everything in. I allowed space for the plants to grow. If you are patient, it’s possible to have your own garden dream come true! You can start with a few favorites and expand from there! My favorites to divide are lady’s mantle, nepeta and hardy geranium! • • #garden #gardendreams #cottagegarden #cottagegardenlo

The secret is simple. Plant your plants in repeating patterns-It draws the eye along the border. Plant colors that compliment each other-choose brights or pastels and stick with a cohesive look. Plant plants with different foliage textures along the border for interest when blooms are spent-smooth leaves, silver fluffy leaves, grass-like leaves. Plant tall plants at the back of the border and shorter plants near the front. Allow some taller plants to infiltrate the middle for a pop of fun-allium

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