Specialty Gardening: cottage garden or too haphazard?, 1 by museumgirl

museumgirl wrote:
This is my front yard as of June 2010-A few of the largest plants have been removed, but I love the look of cottage gardens. It is difficult here in Michigan to get that "English Garden" look, but I am a plant collector at heart, so I am trying it. I don't have any idea about plant color combinations, and have difficulty planting with any continuity, due to the great variety of plants.
It is partly sunny, and the only place I can grow roses. There are 22 of them in there!
What do you think?This is obviously the garden at its best, so this is as good as it gets.