Low-effort cottage garden plants are the secret to achieving that romantic, billowing border look without weekends lost to staking, dividing, and digging out thugs. The best varieties hold their shape through summer storms, shrug off drought, return reliably year after year, and most importantly, stay exactly where you put them.
For busy gardeners, the balance is everything. Traditional cottage classics like lupins, hollyhocks and delphiniums may be beautiful, but they can also be short-lived, flop after rain, or take over borders once established.
