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14 BEST CUT AND COME AGAIN FLOWERS FOR THE CUT FLOWER GARDEN
Elevate your cut flower garden with a selection of the best cut-and-come-again flowers, ensuring a continuous supply of fresh blooms from spring through fall. This guide highlights the most prolific and beautiful varieties that will keep your vases filled and your garden vibrant. Discover flowers like zinnias, cosmos, dahlias, and sweet peas, known for their resilience and ability to produce new stems after cutting. Learn how to plant, care for, and harvest these flowers to maximize their yield.
18 Perfect Perennials for Growing in Zones 6b/7a
Hey y'all! In today's blog post, we are happy to offer guidance to picking out absolutely stunning perennials for zones 6b and 7a. Many that we share today will work well for other zones too, but if you do not live in our area, ALWAYS ask your local Nursery if a particular plant will grow in YOUR zone. They are the experts who can answer your gardening questions and direct you to the best plants for your garden. What is your growing zone? Below is the USDA Hardiness Zone Map:What are ...
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Transform your backyard into a colorful retreat with flowers that bloom beautifully and attract pollinators. Consider adding vibrant perennials like Lavender, Coneflowers, and Black-eyed Susans for lasting color. Annuals like Petunias, Marigolds, and Zinnias add quick, seasonal splashes. Mix in some bulbs like Tulips and Daffodils for early spring joy. Don't forget to save this pin for later and check out our channel for more gardening inspiration! Credit: linenandsagecutflowers
This one trick transformed my dahlia growing and it’s SO simple! the answer: PINCHING! The pinching rule for dahlias that I follow is 100%! I like to pinch 100% of my dahlia tuber stems when they hit about 9-12 inches tall. Trim the main stems so that you leave a few sets of leaves below the cut. This would leave them about 4 inches tall. Doing this encourages new growth, and longer and stronger flower stems. Right below the cut, leave several leaf nodes. Pinching these signals to the...
When growing dahlias from seed, you want to start them about 4 to 6 weeks prior to when you plan to plant them outside. By the time you plant them outside, these little seedlings will have already started growing tubers. Dahlias need a minimum of 120 days of growing time in a season to produce viable tubers for the following year. When growing dahlias from seed, it is a mystery as to what the flowers will look like when they bloom. Each seed produces a brand new dahlia variety. For me it’s l...