What Sort of Flowers Should I Plant for an Old Fashioned Garden?
An old fashioned garden is a flower garden which explodes with a riot of largely undisciplined color every spring. Many homes in England have old fashioned gardens along with more formal gardens, and they are traditionally viewed as a place to relax, enjoy the scents of the garden, and get outdoors. Interest in old fashioned gardens has been revived in recent years, and gardeners should know that there are no hard and fast rules about what should be planted in an old fashioned gardens. If you enjoy flowers, plant them, and try to avoid making a highly regimented or organized garden. Most flowers in old fashioned gardens are planted in deep, irregularly shaped beds. The back of the flower bed hosts tall flowers on stalks, while the middle range has shorter plants and bushes, and the front of the flower bed has much shorter ground covers. The size of a flower bed can range widely, from a small patch of color in the midst of a lawn to a huge block, and flower beds can be situated around f
