Endless Bouquets Cut Flower Garden
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Endless Bouquets Cut Flower Garden
Grow your own gorgeous cut flowers that bloom in succession throughout spring and summer. Make lavish bouquets using nature's own paint box of beautiful colors and forms.
Ample 1.5 oz. seeds covers 350 to 450 sq.ft.
Planting Your Scatter Can Garden: How-To Guide
Growing & Cutting Endless Bouquet Garden
Gardening Resources: Beneficials & Pollinators
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NOTE
The seed mix is packed with a larger quantity of organic rice hulls to help space the tiny seeds. Before opening, shake canister thoroughly to mix them together.
HOW TO PLANT
As soon as ground can be worked in early spring, sow mix in ordinary garden soil in full sun. In mild climates, where the ground does not freeze hard in winter, seeds can also be planted in late fall to over-winter and bloom the next spring.
Prepare the planting area by removing all weeds, grass and large stones. Break up soil clumps and evenly loosen the top 2 inches of soil with a digging fork or shovel, then smooth out with a flat rake.
Shake can thoroughly, then scatter the contents thinly and evenly over prepared ground. Using your rake, lightly cover the seed mixture, about ¼ inch deep, and then lightly firm the soil. Water evenly with a gentle mist. Keep bed moist while awaiting germination and when the seedlings are small.
GROWING NOTES
Harvesting opening flowers regularly for bouquets will help to encourage repeat bloom. Plants will flower in succession and bloom much longer if watered regularly. At season’s end, allow spent flowers to form pods and then drop their seeds to bloom again next spring.
ANNUAL CUTTING FLOWER MIX
| NAME | MIX% | TYPE | HEIGHT | COLOR | |
|
Aster (Callistephus chinensis) |
2 | A | 12 - 36" | Blue/Pink/White/Purple | |
|
Calendula (Calendula officinalis) |
10 | A | 12 - 24" | Yellow/Orange/Cream | |
|
Bachelor Buttons (Centaurea cyanus) |
8 | A |
|
Blue/RoseWhite | |
|
Godetia (Clarkia amoena) |
2 | A | 10 - 18" | Pink/White | |
|
Clarkia
(Clarkia elegans) |
3 | A | 10 - 18" | Pink/Lavender | |
|
Plains Coreopsis
(Coreopsis tinctoria) |
3 | A | 12 - 36" | Yellow-Maroon | |
|
Cosmos
(Cosmos bipinnatus) |
7 | A | 36 - 60" | White/Pink/Crimson/Rose | |
|
Chinese Forget-Me-Not (Cynoglossum amabile) |
10 | A/B | 18 - 24" | Blue | |
|
Larkspur (Delphinium ajacis) |
3 | A | 12 - 36" | White/Pink/Blue/Violet | |
|
African Daisy (Dimorphotheca aurantiaca) |
5 | A | 10 - 16" | Orange/Salmon/White | |
|
Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) |
2 | TP | 12 - 18" | Yellow/Orange | |
|
Annual Gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella) |
2 | A | 12 - 24" | Yellow-Red | |
|
Baby's Breath (Gypsophila elegans) |
8 | A | 8 - 18" | White | |
|
Sunflower (Helianthus annus) |
2 | A | 24 - 72" | Yellow | |
|
Strawflower (Helichrysum monstrosum) |
1 | A | 24 - 36" | Yellow/White/Red/Pink | |
|
Candytuft (Iberis umbellata) |
5 | A | 12 - 18" | White/Pink/Violet | |
|
Lavatera (Tree Mallow) (Lavatera trimestris) |
2 | A | 24 - 48" | White/Pink | |
|
Alyssum Tall (Sweet Alyssum) (Lobularia maritima) |
5 | TP | 8 - 16" | White | |
|
Evening Primrose (Oenothera lamarckiana) |
1 | B/P | 24 - 60" | Yellow | |
|
Shirley Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) |
3 | A | 12 - 30" | White/Pink/Red | |
|
California Bluebells (Phacelia campanularia) |
1 | A | 8 - 20" | Blue | |
|
Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
5 | A/B/P | 12 - 36" | Yellow | |
|
Catchfly (Silene armeria) |
2 | A/B | 16 - 22" | Pink | |
|
Marigold (Tagetes erecta) |
3 | A | 12 - 16" | Yellow/Orange/Maroon | |
|
Zinnias (Zinnia elegans) |
5 | A | 12 - 36" | White/Purple/Yellow/Orange/Red | |
Inert Material: Organic rice hulls
A = Annual B = Biennial TP = Tender Perennial
Cold Winters |
Mild Winters |
Sun/Shade |
Sow Seeds |
Days To Germinate |
Mature Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
April – May
|
Sept – April
|
Full sun
|
Scatter thinly1/4 inch deep
|
10 – 20 days
|
1 – 3 feet
|
Cold Winters |
Mild Winters |
Sun/Shade |
Sow Seeds |
Days To Germinate |
Mature Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
April – May
|
Sept – April
|
Full sun
|
Scatter thinly1/4 inch deep
|
10 – 20 days
|
1 – 3 feet
|
Cold Winters
April – May
|
Mild Winters
Sept – April
|
Sun/Shade
Full sun
|
Sow Seeds
Scatter thinly1/4 inch deep
|
Days To Germinate
10 – 20 days
|
Mature Height
1 – 3 feet
|
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