While herbaceous perennials provide exquisite colour and fragrance at this time of year, it is also important to provide structure and colour both as a foil for your summer blooms and to provide points of interest throughout the year. Here at Larch Cottage, we have a fantastic range of evergreen shrubs that will add interest […]
Monthly Archives: August 2019
Spring flowering bulbs are a fantastic way to ensure early colour in your borders, and now is the time to select, and plant, your favourites. We have an extensive selection of bulbs now in stock that will add colour, interest and structure to your borders early in the season, before herbaceous perennials and shrubs have […]
The height of summer is a wonderful time to reap the rewards of all of your efforts in the garden over the past few months. There are, however, still a few jobs that need to be done to keep your garden looking its very best in what is often the hottest and driest month of […]
We were thrilled to discover that we have been nominated in the National Garden Schemes search for the Nation’s Favourite Garden. We are the only finalist to be nominated from Cumbria and need your help in the next stage! Please follow the link below and vote for Larch Cottage, this also enters you into a […]
Encouraging butterflies to your garden with a range of nectar-rich plants is a fantastic way to add colour, fragrance and interest to your borders, at the same time as supporting the conservation of these beautiful insects. There are 58 species of butterflies native to the UK, many of which are vulnerable and in decline, so […]