Cut Flower Garden Bed
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When i began planting my own gardens as an adult i found that generous bouquets in my home meant a spare show in my garden so before i had even heard the term i planted a cutting garden for more than 10 years my husband and i have hosted weddings in our gardens and grown thousands of cut flowers for these events.
Cut flower garden bed. I also find it challenging to combine the bold blooms of peonies delphiniums lilies and bearded. The painted concrete border is an easy diy that makes this backyard flower garden look customized and almost like a built in feature. Plant galaxy blue in flower beds or. Now keep in mind the purpose of a cut flower bed is to cut the flowers as often as they bloom.
Annuals ageratum floss flower cleome spider flower cosmos dianthus gomphrena globe amaranth gypsophila babys. Discover 10 colourful cut flowers to grow from seed in your garden including beautiful choices for scent and vase life from bbc gardeners world magazine. Thats partly because i find it hard to cut the flowers in my perennial borders. And since not all perennial flowers bloom at the same time your bouquets and arrangements will take on a seasonal flair and provide you with ever changing variety.
These plants reach 20 30 inches high but offer lots of flower power with their gold petals and deep brown eyes the heavily branching plants produce lots of flowers on long stems that are good for cutting. Carefully site your cut flower bed. A free garden design for a perennial cutting garden. Its such a delight to see flowers blooming in the garden its often hard to cut them to bring indoorsthats the beauty of a designated cutting garden.
The round cement border makes this little flower bed stand out and make a statement. Complete with specified plants and alternaives. Blooms over the summer perfect for creating summer bouquets. Theres no shortage of flowers in my perennial gardens but it wasnt until i planted a cutting garden that i felt like i had plenty for bouquets.
Sunflowers are a great flower to display alone or in small groups in a vase. What better way to add a little color to your garden than with a round flower bed with bright colorful flowers. Find an out of the way sunny spot in your yard somewhere that guests wont notice and fill it with plants that are grown to be cut. When it comes to choosing the actual flowers you want for your.
Agapanthus galaxy blue has 4 inch constellations of blue blooms on 36 to 40 inch tall stems. 28 best perennials for a cutting flower garden agapanthus galaxy blue. A continuous bloomer thru early fall galaxy blue makes a stunning cut flower. So this wont necessarily be the most beautiful bed in your garden.
Cutting gardens by anne halpin and betty mackey is an excellent guidebook for planning growing and arranging flowers heres a partial list of some of the plants to consider for your garden. You may want to tuck it in between some of your more beautiful vegetables such as long producing indeterminate tomatoes or come and cut greens. Many perennials will repeat flower if kept dead headed which is exactly what a cutting garden is for.
