Cut flowers

21 years ago

Hi folks.

I would like to plant flowers for my wife to have cut flowers in the house all year round. We live in the Moggill area of Brisbane, SE QLD and have 2 1/2 acres so room to grow lots of flowers.

I grew up in Sydney so remember things like Dahlia, Zinnia, gerbera and the like. I have been told these prefer the cooler climate.

I would be very grateful of some advice so I can fill the house with lots of beautiful cut flowers all year round.

Thanks very much!

Daniel

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User
21 years ago
Hi Daniel you can grow all the above here no troubles at all and dont forget the roses,
mind you they dont flower all the time though, my Gerbera's are still budding
at present and usually start flowering around April and Dahlia start about late November
Carnations are suppose to grow here too but I have not grown them so cannot help there.
If you plant poppies after the rainy season late February they should flower before the Winter.
And how is your garden growing or should I say going Cheers....MM
Liatris
21 years ago
Daniel, chrysanthemums will give you a couple of flowerings each year. If you grow roses, along with gladioli and Alstroemeria, along with Spring bulbs suitable for cutting, I think you should come close to having some colour year-round. A good stand-by is statice - it 'flowers' for absolutely ages.

Also, don't overlook foliage, for colour, texture and fill. Many of our natives take some beating in this category.
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danielkemp
Original Author
21 years ago
Thanks folks. Can you tell me...if I grow gladioli (and I really love them) how do you stop them falling over, short of staking and tying them all?
User
21 years ago
Hi Daniel,

Unfortunately, they do need support. I haven't grown gladdies for years for this very reason.

I used to grow them next to the chicken wire around the vegie garden and tie them to that.

You could use those thinner bamboo stakes; I think they are not so obvious in the garden.

My auntie used to have a 'picking garden' down the back beside her vegie garden. This way the somewhat unruly or untidy plants could still be grown without spoiling the more formal garden.

Cheers,
Dee.
danielkemp
Original Author
21 years ago
Thanks Dee. I really love the gladdies but have the usual thing with them falling over. I now have about a dozen daffoldils flowering and they are beautiful. Bye, Daniel
Liatris
21 years ago
Daniel, I recently read in an old garden magazine that planting them deeper helps to prevent them falling over.
danielkemp
Original Author
21 years ago
I will have to give that a go - I wonder how deep I can plant them before it is too deep. Daniel
User
21 years ago
Hi again Daniel,
According to my sources 'deep' for gladi corms is a follows;
lge corms....15-16cm deep
med corms....10-13cm deep
sml corms....7-8cm deep
cormlets (baby corms)..5cm deep
If you have heavy soil go for the lesser depth.
Cheers,
Dee.