Cut-Flower Beds
Annual, Biennial or Perennial Flowers: What Returns?
Annual flowers complete their life cycle in one growing season; perennials can live for multiple years.
Cut-Flower Beds
A cutting bed is a production garden, but it need not resemble an airport runway. Good access, sensible grouping, and staggered sowing matter more than cramming in a florist's entire vocabulary. Our layouts are adjustable frameworks; seed-packet spacing and local conditions get the final vote.
Cut-Flower Beds
How to Harvest Cut Flowers for a Vase
Harvest cut flowers with a clean, sharp bypass pruner and a clean water bucket beside you.
Cut-Flower Beds
Small Cut-Flower Garden Layout: A 4-by-8 Plan
For a small 4-by-8-foot cut-flower bed, keep the long sides reachable and arrange flowers in reachable short blocks across the four-foot width.