What are the best cut flowers to grow in a Greenhouse?
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Best annuals for cut flowers?
Comments (14)Martha, Thank you for the kind offer. I have placed a recent order for flower seeds from Fedco based on the suggestions here but have yet to receive them. I have WSed all of the other seed that I have (veggies, herbs, etc) and would love to be able to add some of your cosmos if you have extras. I'd be happy to reciprocate and send you some of my saved/extra seed. I have scads of heirloom tomatoes as well as other seed that I'd be happy to share....See MoreFillers for arrangements/best cut flowers!
Comments (3)cilantro, huh? I figure if a man notices and says, "nice!", it is worth looking into at least. Is cilantro easy to grow? I am pretty sure I have had cilantro seeds but never actually tried to grow any. I tend to buy seeds that I never end up planting (although I do plant lots just not as many as I buy). Although the cilantro may have found me when my Mother passed away. Oh well, with such a great endorsement, I am now willing to plant some. Shirley...See MoreWhat cutting annual flower to grow?
Comments (3)Perhaps the best cut flower I have ever met (and I have met a lot) is clary sage, or more specifically Salvia horminum. It's an annual which reseeds itself, and bears coloured bracts of deep pink, blue-violet or white with deeper colour striations. Plants will last at least one week in a vase (two weeks not unusual) and are easy to start, will grow almost anywhere. They perform beautifully in full sun and moist soil, but I have also grown them in varying degrees of shade and sunny, xeric conditions with excellent results. They usually begin flowering in June and will continue into about the third frost. Best flowering time is probably July-Sept. They are come and cut again plants. Seeds available from Ontario Seed Company and William Dam. Also consider larkspur. It's much easier to direct sow, but needs an early sowing to prosper (usually with the peas.) I have sometimes sown the seed on melting snow with good results. Peak bloom is June through August. The more you cut, the better they bloom. They will go to seed if not picked or deadheaded. Hope this helps....See MoreBest early flowering bulbs for cut flowers?
Comments (3)The only think I think you could do is look at planting vegetables among your bulbs, maybe consider growing up. I grow beans, peas, cukes,and melons up on a plastic mesh, this lets me grow other plants underneath as they do not compete for the same space. Cukes especially like to be trellised ( not the bush type), and pole beans are more prolific than the bush so I do not need as many plants. I grow cut flowers for market and though I am not sure your zone, tulips would be done early, lilies bloom around end of July, and when cut would allow any of these vegetables enough room to fill in the space. But the bulbs could not be dug until fall. I grow my garlic in any space I can, they grow well with lots of things, lettuce is one that comes to mind, I also tuck them in my strawberry bed and with my apple seedlings. In fact I always leave a few garlic in the ground around my rose bushes and do not dig them up in the fall. These are the first things to sprout in the spring with lots of thick green stems, I cut them for stir fry or pull them up, they are small but packed with flavor that is so welcome at that time of year. I am not sure if any of this would work for you as in a community garden I assume you would like to just till the whole thing in the spring. Good Luck....See Moretaty
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