Self-Sowing Flowers and Herbs for Cottage Gardens
These annual and biennial flowers and herbs readily self-sow to happily perpetuate themselves in your cottage garden.
ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS
Antirrhinum majus (snapdragon)
Brouwallia speciosa (amethyst flower, star flower)
Calendula officinalis (pot marigold)
Centaurea cyanus (bachelor's button, cornflower)
Clarkia amoena (godetia, satin flower)
Cleome basslerana (spider flower)
Consolida ambigua (rocket larkspur)
Cosmos bipinnatus (cosmos)
Eschscholzia californica (California poppy)
Euphorbia marginata (snow-on-the-mountain)
Impatiens wallerana (impatiens, busy lizzie)
Lobularia maritima (sweet alyssum)
Lunaria annua (money-plant, dollar-plant, honesty)
Mirabilis jalapa (four o'clock)
Moluccella laevis (bells-of-Ireland)
Myosotis sylvatica (woodland forget-me-not)
Nigella damascena (love-in-a-mist)
Papaver rhoeas (corn poppy, Shirley poppy, Flanders poppy)
Torenia fournieri (wishbone flower)
Tropaeolum majus (nasturtium)
Viola tricolor (Johnny-jump-up)
HERBS
Anethum graveolens (dill)
Borago officinalis (borage)
Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil)
Perilla frutescens (beefsteak plant)
Petroselinum crispum (parsley)
