Planning A Cut Flower Garden
There are numerous possibilities for a cut flower garden, and much depends on your own preferences. Some easy-to-grow annuals for cut flowers include
You might want to consider a wildflower mix, many of which provide a natural, "airy" feel to bouquets. Keep deadheading, or trimming off, spent blossoms to encourage the plant to continue producing flowers, rather than expending its energy on seed production. Consider planting some bulbs for spring bouquets, and remember that you can force some fruit trees branches to flower indoors in early spring. Many flowers also have attractive seedheads, which can be harvested throughout the fall and even into winter.
- sunflowers
- tithonia
- zinnias
- coreposis
- cosmos
- gaillardia
- bachelor buttons
- larkspur
- snapdragons
- asters
You might want to consider a wildflower mix, many of which provide a natural, "airy" feel to bouquets. Keep deadheading, or trimming off, spent blossoms to encourage the plant to continue producing flowers, rather than expending its energy on seed production. Consider planting some bulbs for spring bouquets, and remember that you can force some fruit trees branches to flower indoors in early spring. Many flowers also have attractive seedheads, which can be harvested throughout the fall and even into winter.
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Friday, March 11, 2005
