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The Forgotten Chrysanthemums – Cut Flower Farm
Every year, I plant florist mums. I’m terrible at growing them, but I can’t resist. They’re so beautiful, and they always bloom when nothing else does. However, each year, I always neglect them. They grow quite slowly early in the season and soon they become lost in the weeds. The same thing happened this year, but still, they’re blooming – and they’re gorgeous. I’ll be cutting these for a flower arrangement to enjoy on these cold fall days! Advertisements
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Saving Roselle Seeds – Cut Flower Farm
It’s no secret that roselle has long been one of my favorite plants. Though it has many uses, I personally love to grow it for use in the cut flower garden. Today, I’ll be saving some roselle seeds for next year. The process is super easy. I save seeds for many different types of flowers each year, mainly because some of them are hard to find or expensive. Roselle is often one of these plants. One packet of seeds can cost up to $4.50 – which is wayyy more than I would like to pay. By harvesting my own seeds, I’ll save a little cash – and eventually hope to…
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Saving Love in a Puff Vine Seeds (Photos) – Cut Flower Farm – Ornamental Flower Garden
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Planting Snowdrop Galanthus for the First Time – Gardening for Beginners Growing Flower Bulbs – Cut Flower Farm
I first became interested in growing snowdrops after writing an article about them on the Gardening Know How website. Did you know that I’m a contributing writer there? Anyhow, before that article, I really didn’t know anything about them. After finding out that they’re an early spring bloom (also prone to some naturalization), I knew that I needed to try growing them myself. Admittedly, I was drawn to the variety ‘flore pleno’ for their super cute double flowers. I’ll be really interested to see what they look like in the garden, as I’ve read that many of these flowers usually nod downwards toward the ground. To plant these tiny bulbs,…
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Planting Crocus for the First Time – Gardening for Beginners Growing Flowers Cut Flower Farm
This season, I’m growing crocus for the first time. Admittedly, I’ve always wanted to plant these bulbs, but I’ve just never had any extra money laying around when the time to buy bulbs came. However, I was able to get some – thanks to the wonderful people who watch my videos over on YouTube! It is not often that I get an AdSense check on YouTube, but when I do – the money gets immediately put back into the channel. I’m really hoping to keep it that way, too. Enough rambling, the crocus variety that I’m growing is called ‘King of the Striped’. It’s a lovely white flower with purple…
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Sowing German Chamomile in Fall – Frost Hardy Annual Flowers – Cut Flower Farm – Gardening for Beginners
There are a lot of reasons that I absolutely love to grow chamomile. As an extremely easy to grow herb; you can use the flowers for tea, soapmaking, and even as cut flowers for arrangements picked fresh from the garden. Their delicate apple-scented blooms are seriously one of my favorite garden elements. I also appreciate chamomile for their flexibility. Here in my zone, you can plant chamomile in the spring as soon as the soil can be worked. The plants will grow and bloom into the summer, even though it gets hot relatively quickly. However, chamomile really grows best when planted in the fall. Since these plants are very cold…
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Planting Drumstick Allium for the First Time – Cut Flower Farm
This year, I’m growing a lot of different spring blooming flower bulbs for the first time. I’ve always had a pretty long list of different types of flowers that I have always wanted to try to grow. Thanks to those of you who read this blog and watch the videos on my Youtube channel, I was able to have a little extra money to spend on bulbs this year. That means that I was finally able to order some drumstick alliums! Drumstick alliums have always been a flower that I have wanted to grow. Even though I’ve never seen them in real life, I think I actually prefer the…
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Fall Flower Seedling Update – Cut Flower Farm
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Planting Scilla Campanulata for the First Time
Scilla Campanulata is a flowering spring bulb that is completely new to me. When making last minute bulb orders this fall, I couldn’t resist it. For the most part, I was lured in by the lovely pastel blue and purple colors. This, in tandem with the fact that these tend to naturalize, made me want to give them a try even more! Apparently these late spring bloomers will produce multiple flowers per stem. To plant them, I simply followed the instructions as indicated on the package. I’m an really looking forward to seeing these bloom in the spring! Here’s what the bulbs actually look like. If you look closely, you…
