What you can create 

A Naturally Layered Cottage Garden Border

Instead of a collection of unrelated plants, you get a planting combination designed around the way a successful border works: lower colour at the front, softness and movement through the middle, and height and structure at the back.

Enjoy hellebore colour when much of the garden is still waiting for spring 

Season-Long Colour

The collection is selected to provide flowering interest from late spring through to autumn.

Balanced From Front to Back

Four lower-growing varieties, four middle-layer varieties and four taller varieties help give the border a natural, layered structure.

Colour, Texture and Movement

Plants are selected to complement one another rather than leaving you to work out which combinations belong together.

A Fuller Border, Sooner

Established 9cm plants give you a useful head start compared with tiny plug plants and can be planted straight into the garden.

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Inside your collection 

12 Plants With a Place and Purpose

Your collection contains 12 different cottage garden varieties. Rather than choosing them at random, the plants are divided into three useful groups so each has a role in creating the finished border.

Front-of-border cottage garden plants
4 varieties

Front-of-border cottage garden plants

Selected from seasonal stock — exact varieties may vary

Low-growing colour at the front

These plants form the lower layer of your display, bringing colour towards the front of the border while allowing the plants behind to remain visible.

Position: Front of border
Purpose: Lower-growing colour
Middle-layer cottage garden plants
4 varieties

Middle-layer cottage garden plants

Selected from seasonal stock — exact varieties may vary

Softness, movement and seasonal colour

The middle group connects the lower and taller planting, helping to give the border the informal, flowing character associated with cottage gardens.

Position: Middle of border
Purpose: Softness and movement
Taller cottage garden plants
4 varieties

Taller cottage garden plants

Selected from seasonal stock — exact varieties may vary

Height and structure

The taller varieties provide the backdrop to the display, adding height, structure and impact behind the lower planting.

Position: Back of border
Purpose: Height and structure

Your complete collection 

12 Different Varieties, One Balanced Border

We have taken care of the plant selection and divided the collection into front, middle and back groups, making it much easier to create a border with a natural mix of heights and textures.

Plants included 12

Varieties are chosen from the best available seasonal stock, so the exact plants supplied may vary. Confirm approved substitution wording before publishing.

Chosen to work together

More Than a Random Mix of Plants

A good cottage garden border needs more than plenty of flowers. This collection is balanced around height, spread, colour and season so the plants can work together as one display.

More Than a Random Mix of Plants

Natural Layers

Lower, middle and taller varieties give the planting structure while retaining the relaxed character of a cottage garden.

Complementary Colour

Seasonal varieties are selected to complement one another and create a cohesive display rather than an unrelated assortment.

Texture and Movement

Different plant shapes and textures help create the softer, flowing appearance that makes cottage-style planting so appealing.

A Longer Season of Interest

The collection is selected for flowering interest from late spring through to autumn.

Selected at the nursery

The Difficult Decisions Are Already Made

The collection is balanced for height, spread, colour and season. That means you can concentrate on planting and enjoying your border rather than trying to build a compatible plant list from scratch.

Designed for

Is This the Right Collection for Your Garden?

Use these quick checks to see whether the Cottage Garden Border Collection suits the result you want to create.

Garden Borders

Designed specifically to create a layered cottage-style display with planting for the front, middle and back.

Approx. 1.5–2m²

Cottage Garden Style

A good choice if you want an informal combination of flowering plants, different heights, texture and movement.

Relaxed, flowing planting

Gardeners Wanting a Head Start

The collection uses established 9cm plants rather than tiny plugs, so there is no separate growing-on stage required before planting into the garden.

Established 9cm plants

Easier Plant Choices

Ideal if you like the cottage garden look but would rather not select and balance 12 different varieties yourself.

Plant selection already done

Not Sure About Your Position?

Grows well in full sun to partial shade, plants also work very well in containers

Plan your space

How Much Border Will It Fill?

The 12-plant collection is designed to fill approximately 1.5–2m² of border, with plants arranged in lower, middle and taller layers.

How Much Border Will It Fill?

Approximate coverage

1.5–2m²

Approximate border area for one 12-plant collection.

Front layer

4 varieties

Use the lower-growing group towards the front of the border.

Middle layer

4 varieties

Position the medium-height group through the middle.

Back layer

4 varieties

Place the taller varieties towards the back for height and structure.

Our recommendation

Lay Everything Out Before You Plant

Use the front, middle and back labels to position your plants while they are still in their pots. This lets you see the overall arrangement before putting anything into the ground.

Alan

Alan with hellebores at Newlands Nursery 

Alan's recommendation

Why I Like This Way of Planting

The key is choosing plants for the whole border, not looking at each plant in isolation.”

I like a cottage garden border to feel relaxed, but there still needs to be some thought behind it. You need lower plants at the front, something to carry the planting through the middle and enough height at the back to give the display structure.

That is what we are trying to make easier with this collection. The plants are selected for their different roles and grouped so you know roughly where everything needs to go.

Because they are established 9cm plants, you can plant them straight into the garden rather than having to grow tiny plug plants on first.

Arrange First Put the plants out in their front, middle and back groups before you start digging.
Think in Layers Use the different heights to create one connected display rather than 12 isolated plants.
Give Them Time to Settle Water well after planting and allow the plants to establish and develop into the border.
Alan Alan Newlands Nursery

Better value together

A Complete Border for £39.99

Instead of buying and coordinating the plants individually, you receive 12 different established cottage garden varieties selected as one planting solution — while saving against their stated individual value.

Save £19.89

Pay £39.99 for plants with a stated individual value of £59.88.

12 Different Varieties

A complete mix of lower, middle and taller cottage garden plants rather than having to select each variety separately.

Established Nursery Plants

Supplied as established 9cm plants, grown by Newlands in the UK and ready to plant into the garden.

Value Without Having to Plan It All Yourself The value is not simply in receiving 12 plants. You are getting established plants selected and grouped to help you create a balanced cottage garden border with fewer decisions.
Save 33%

Your Cottage Garden Collection

Worth £59.88
You pay £39.99
You save £19.89
33% The 33% saving compares the £39.99 collection price with the stated £59.88 individual value of the plants.

Exact varieties are selected from available seasonal stock.

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From our customers 

Happy Plants, Happy Gardeners

These comments are taken from customer reviews currently published on the collection page.

★★★★★
4.9 out of 5 Based on customer feedback

Customers particularly mention plant condition, careful packing, selection and value.

★★★★★

The plants were a good size

"The plants arrived quickly after Newlands answered a email question about the plants. The plants were a good size and were still moist Each plant was named and it told us where in the boarders to plant them which being a newish gardener was incredibly helpful All plants are now planted into the garden and I look forward to seeing them grow"

Kenneth C. ✓ Verified customer
★★★★★

More than happy.

“More than happy. All your plants thrive very well. Thank you.”

Jennifer A. ✓ Verified customer
★★★★★

Really nice, arrived in very good package

"Really nice, arrived in very good package,planted them immediately so now waiting for the fruits of your and my labour"

MAIRI M. ✓ Verified customer

Buy From a Family Nursery

Newlands Nursery celebrates 75 years of trading in 2026. The family-run nursery spans three generations and grows its own plants in the UK.

Questions answered

Before You Plant Your Cottage Garden Border

Here are the practical details to help you decide whether the collection is right for your garden and understand what to expect.

What size plants will I receive?

The collection is supplied as established plants in 9cm pots. They are larger than young plug plants and can be planted straight into the garden without a separate growing-on stage.

Which varieties will I receive?

You will receive 12 different cottage garden varieties: four for the front, four for the middle and four taller varieties for the back. Exact varieties are selected from the best available seasonal stock, so the individual plants may vary.

Why might the varieties vary?

The collection is selected from available seasonal stock. This allows the nursery to choose plants for the intended cottage garden display rather than fixing the collection to varieties that may not always be at their best.

How much border will one collection fill?

The collection is designed to fill approximately 1.5–2m² of border.

Where should I position the plants?

Use the supplied planting groups as your guide: taller varieties towards the back, medium-height plants through the middle and lower-growing plants towards the front. The collection grows well in Full sun to partial shade.

When will the plants flower?

The collection is selected to provide flowering interest from late spring through to autumn. Exact flowering times will depend on the varieties supplied, weather, growing conditions and care.

How quickly will my border fill out?

Plants begin settling in during weeks 1–2, with new growth developing around weeks 3–5 and more colour, structure and movement developing around weeks 6–8. Growth speed varies with weather, conditions and care, so these timings should be treated as a guide rather than a guarantee.

When will my collection be dispatched and what happens if a plant arrives damaged?

The plants will be delivered between 3-5 working days. If plants are damaged on arrival please contact us as soon as possible and we will be happy to sort it out for you.

More than 75 years of growing experience

Newlands Nursery is a three-generation family nursery celebrating its 75th year of trading in 2026, with decades of experience growing plants and helping gardeners get better results.

12 established 9cm plants
Easy Cottage Garden Border Collection – 12 Established 9cm Plants

Your cottage garden made easier

Start Your Cottage Garden Border

Get 12 different established cottage garden plants selected to create a natural mix of lower colour, softer middle planting and taller structure — without having to plan the entire combination yourself.

12 different cottage garden varieties
Plants grouped for front, middle and back
Designed for approximately 1.5–2m²
Worth £59.88 — you pay £39.99
Worth £59.88
You pay £39.99
You save £19.89
 
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Exact varieties are selected from available seasonal stock and may vary.