Bumped up as know many will be inspired by Rachel's cutting flower beds on GW this week. I expected the article to be bit longer??? Did I miss that there will be a bit more each week going forward from her?
Hope so Beaus Mum, I have a patch in my garden that could use some flowers. My ambition this year was to have flowers to cut every week from April to October-missed about 3 weeks in the middle, but other than that, just about made it! Would love some new ideas though. Grew some Gallardia this year-nice big bright Daisies.
I wondered that as well Beaus Mum if there was to be more in coming weeks, but it wasn't very clear. So far I have planted daffodils and narcissus in the allotment just for cutting.
There is 3 more on the topic of cut flowers by Rachael really like her, then that is it for gw this year - it said in the gw mag as there is an article that there will be 4 shows of how to grow cut flowers
I am recording them all to remember later on as I want to have a cut flower patch
Linda Talyor2 that sounds brilliant do you have any pictures - how big is your patch?
If it isn't piddling it down with rain at the weekend, I will take some pictures of my back garden for you Gardengirl, but to be honest, there aren't many flowers left now. My 'flower' patch is about 3' x 5'. This year, I had Bluebells, Whitebells, 2 Peonys(a red one and a pink one) and 5 different Dahlias. The Dahlias have been taken up and stored in the Greenhouse- 3 of them I bought from Sarah Raven, along with the pink peony, and as they were quite expensive, I decided that they needed to live in the Greenhouse over the winter. The Peony has been mulched and I have spoken to it nicely and asked it to grow next year! The other Dahlias are 'rescue' ones from the local Pound shop... you know the ones....those that you can hear gently sobbing in the 50p basket! I am thinking of putting them in big pots next year, as I have 3 different types of Sunflowers, Delphiniums, and Hollyhocks for next year, plus Gallardia and Gysophlia. There isn't going to be enough room!!!
Hubby has made me several big planters, and I have put in my Eringiums, Rudbeckia and some of the Gallardia, plus Tulips, Alliums and Daffodils. My Son also groans when I ask him to water my pots when I go on holiday, as I have 'Pot City' as he calls it-there is at least 25 pots of bulbs! Anyway, the flowers that I cut this year were both the White and Blue Bells, Tulips, Daffodils, Aquilegea, Lilac, both of the Peonys, Roses, Lilac, 2 different types of Daisies ( a pink and a white one-don't know the names!),Gallardia, Pinks and Sweet Peas.The Sweet Peas are still going strong, I have a bunch in the house that smell wonderful and I shall miss them when they are finished.
I will take some pictures of my full greenhouse when I can-I have sown 90 Sweet Peas ready for next year and I have taken cuttings of my Fuchsias, Pinks, Geraniums and Pelagoniums. Busy,busy,busy!!
If you have room for some permanent planting, hydrangeas are great. Dill is great as a cut flower and has a wonderful scent. Pinks/carnations are easy to grow and easy to propagate. I would try and include some euphorbias as they make a great foil for the flowers - try polychroma. No cut flower patch should be without Alchemilla mollis is a must as a filler. Apple mint is also very good. By chance one year i harvested leaves of Hamburg parsley at the same time as daffs (in February), the acid green of the parsley went beautifully with the daffs. One that is new to me that I will be doing next year is Aster lateriflorus 'Horizontales'. Astrantia........ i could go on!
You've got great selections of flowers there and those pics on the previous page are smashing.
I grow Borage, lovely flowers and it brings in the bees and I've got an area devoted to Comfrey, lovely flowers and it makes a good fertiliser too.
One flower that nobody seems to have mentioned, forgive me if I've missed it, is Cerinthe Major Purpurascens. I grow it every year and it is magnificant. Wonderful for attracting pollinators and makes a good cut flower I'm told.
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Bumped up as know many will be inspired by Rachel's cutting flower beds on GW this week. I expected the article to be bit longer??? Did I miss that there will be a bit more each week going forward from her?
Hope so Beaus Mum, I have a patch in my garden that could use some flowers. My ambition this year was to have flowers to cut every week from April to October-missed about 3 weeks in the middle, but other than that, just about made it! Would love some new ideas though. Grew some Gallardia this year-nice big bright Daisies.
I wondered that as well Beaus Mum if there was to be more in coming weeks, but it wasn't very clear. So far I have planted daffodils and narcissus in the allotment just for cutting.
There is 3 more on the topic of cut flowers by Rachael really like her, then that is it for gw this year - it said in the gw mag as there is an article that there will be 4 shows of how to grow cut flowers
I am recording them all to remember later on as I want to have a cut flower patch
Linda Talyor2 that sounds brilliant do you have any pictures - how big is your patch?
If it isn't piddling it down with rain at the weekend, I will take some pictures of my back garden for you Gardengirl, but to be honest, there aren't many flowers left now.
My 'flower' patch is about 3' x 5'. This year, I had Bluebells, Whitebells, 2 Peonys(a red one and a pink one) and 5 different Dahlias. The Dahlias have been taken up and stored in the Greenhouse- 3 of them I bought from Sarah Raven, along with the pink peony, and as they were quite expensive, I decided that they needed to live in the Greenhouse over the winter. The Peony has been mulched and I have spoken to it nicely and asked it to grow next year! The other Dahlias are 'rescue' ones from the local Pound shop... you know the ones....those that you can hear gently sobbing in the 50p basket! I am thinking of putting them in big pots next year, as I have 3 different types of Sunflowers, Delphiniums, and Hollyhocks for next year, plus Gallardia and Gysophlia. There isn't going to be enough room!!!
Hubby has made me several big planters, and I have put in my Eringiums, Rudbeckia and some of the Gallardia, plus Tulips, Alliums and Daffodils. My Son also groans when I ask him to water my pots when I go on holiday, as I have 'Pot City' as he calls it-there is at least 25 pots of bulbs! Anyway, the flowers that I cut this year were both the White and Blue Bells, Tulips, Daffodils, Aquilegea, Lilac, both of the Peonys, Roses, Lilac, 2 different types of Daisies ( a pink and a white one-don't know the names!),Gallardia, Pinks and Sweet Peas.The Sweet Peas are still going strong, I have a bunch in the house that smell wonderful and I shall miss them when they are finished.
I will take some pictures of my full greenhouse when I can-I have sown 90 Sweet Peas ready for next year and I have taken cuttings of my Fuchsias, Pinks, Geraniums and Pelagoniums. Busy,busy,busy!!
Thank you Linda Taylor2
well that is a great collection for cut flowers you have got - never thought of aquilegia good idea
If you have room for some permanent planting, hydrangeas are great. Dill is great as a cut flower and has a wonderful scent. Pinks/carnations are easy to grow and easy to propagate. I would try and include some euphorbias as they make a great foil for the flowers - try polychroma. No cut flower patch should be without Alchemilla mollis is a must as a filler. Apple mint is also very good. By chance one year i harvested leaves of Hamburg parsley at the same time as daffs (in February), the acid green of the parsley went beautifully with the daffs. One that is new to me that I will be doing next year is Aster lateriflorus 'Horizontales'. Astrantia........ i could go on!
Oh please do go on HG they sound lovely combinations
Really enjoying readiing and taking inspiration from everyones posts thank you
There was more good bits on GW this week by Rachael on here cut flower patch
You've got great selections of flowers there and those pics on the previous page are smashing.
I grow Borage, lovely flowers and it brings in the bees and I've got an area devoted to Comfrey, lovely flowers and it makes a good fertiliser too.
One flower that nobody seems to have mentioned, forgive me if I've missed it, is Cerinthe Major Purpurascens. I grow it every year and it is magnificant. Wonderful for attracting pollinators and makes a good cut flower I'm told.