How To Design A Cut Flower Garden
Use a grid to make your plan.
How to design a cut flower garden. You won t have to reach as far to cut stems. In addition be sure to allow for phys ical access to your plants for tending and cutting. Use a mix of annuals perennials and foliage plants.
Be sure to leave paths between them that are wide enough for you move in and work. Creating a planting plan is the best way to maximize your growing space. Many perennials will bloom more than once if the flowers are cut frequently or plucked after wilting.
However it s also possible to create a cutting garden with perennial flowers. For annuals consider zinnia cosmos strawflower and lisianthus. Include a section with self sowing annuals like bachelor s buttons larkspur feverfew and calendula.
In fact growing a row or two of flowers in your vegetable garden is an easy way to get started. The walled garden at mells rectory garden mells somerset. Cutting gardens often feature annual flowers because they will repeatedly bloom throughout the season.
Cut flower garden map see our sample cut flower garden map for a plot 10 x13 in size. Easton walled gardens grantham lincolnshire. My space is about 6 feet wide x 26 feet long.
Cottage garden seasonal flowers and plant nursery. Flower garden you can grow a beautiful cut flower garden with annual flowers to make stunning bouquets even if you re in a small space. We placed my garden along a portion of the outside of our fence in a sunny location.