Best Fillers for a Cut Flower Garden
Foliage and fillers are the backbone of a cutting garden. The best fillers for a cut flower garden provide structure, bulk, and interest to bouquets. A...
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7 Tips for Growing and Using Gladiolus
Of all the flowers you can grow in your garden, glads are surely among the easiest. Simply tuck the corms into the ground in spring and come back 90...
Tips for Using Peonies as Cut Flowers
Peonies are the most decadent and captivating flowers in the late spring garden. Their never-ending layers of petals, delightful perfume, and old-world charm...
How to Grow Ranunculus in Zones 4-6
Ranunculus are elegant spring flowers with rose-like blossoms that are packed with paper-thin petals. They are popular -- and pricy -- cut...
Flower Farmers Recommend Their Best-Selling Spring Flowers
It's October, and flower farmers from Maine to California are winding down the harvest season. Cutting the last of the dahlias and...
Expert Tips for Cutting, Conditioning and Arranging Dahlias
It's high summer and the dahlias are coming on strong. The plants in my garden started pushing out blossoms a couple of weeks ago and will...
Cutting Garden Annuals to Grow from Seed
. Starting flowers from seed is a fun early spring activity and can save you a lot of money. If you want to grow flowers for cutting, it's...
Cutting Garden Dahlias: This Year's Favorites
Labor Day is approaching fast and there's no denying summer is on the way out. The days are shorter, the evenings cooler, and the annuals in...
Garden Foliage for Flower Arrangements
Foliage plays a quiet yet important role in most cut flower arrangements. When a floral designer arranges a bouquet of flowers, at least 25% of it will...