- 1). A picket fence can provide a backdrop for flowers in your landscape design. Plant tall and/or mid-height flowers on one or both sides of the fence. A single flower variety is a good starter, but if your budget can handle it, plant two or three varieties of varying heights and colors.
Try mixing yellow daily lilies or yellow black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia) with midnight salvia or purple iris. As perennials, all these sun loving flowers will return every year to repeat your landscape design. - 2). Choose a chair with arms and a side table or a bench with a back and arms that fits your budget and comfort. That chair/table or bench could be a wooden, wicker, metal, or even plastic. You can add to its visual impact by using a folded quilt for a seat pad and/or by using a pillow or two, leaned against the back. Just remember to bring them inside when you are finished so they don't mildew.
To create a screen of flowers around your chair or bench in your landscape design, plant any of the following sun-lovers alone or in groups: bridal wreath spirea bush (highly fragrant), ornamental grass, daily lilies, black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia), yarrow, lavender (great scent!), Russian sage (blue-lavender colored flowers), rose of Sharon, butterfly bush, hollyhock (Alcea), purple coneflower (Echinacea). - 3). The significance of an arbor in an English cottage garden is to create an inviting entrance. Laden with colorful flowering vines, the arbor becomes a focus point, drawing your attention. After stepping through an arbor, the garden visitor should be presented with the view of flowers, an entrance to the house, a garden pathway, and/or another garden focus, like lawn ornaments or a bird bath.
There are lots of flowering vines available. Some of the popular ones include: trumpet vine, wisteria (can become heavy), morning glory, clematis, bleeding heart, moonflower.
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