cut flowers?

[Flummery]

I'll certainly post a pic jeannine. The area by the house front drive was taken up by old and badly overgrown shrubs so it will be my first year of a concerted cutting plot. My idea is to give my ma bunches of flowers to try to stop her buying supermarket air-freighted (and often dyed!) flowers.

[moggssue]

Some great ideas folks. Looks as though I'll need to invest in more seed compost!! Cant wait for photos ....

[la cebolla grande]

Flowers for bees - I gave my cut flower thoughts near the start of this thread, but mention of bees made me want to mention our 'bee' bed. I have a comfrey bed (Bocking 17 of course!) which I put in for the ''tea'' for the veggies, but this in itself is great for the bees. Last year I grew (from seed) mixed HYSSOP (3 colours) and have made a hyssop ''hedge'' around the confrey.

Bee city.

We also sprinkle other flowers in odd spots around the lottie - often native for wildlife. The easy ones are Cornflower, Pheasants Eye (Adonis), Corn Marigold and ''Poached Egg Plant'' Limnanthes. The last is the only non-native of this lot, but bees and hoverflies just love it and it is so cheery!!

Good luck.

LCG

[Glasshousevirgin]

A bit naff perhaps but I like the fact some varieties of sunflower you can pick all Summer as they have multiple heads.
They are easy once growing and self seed so from year to year you just need to transplant to where you want them.
For me they make a good barrier to prevent missiles flung from the road at the Ghouse too. They keep as cut flowers for at least a week...rambling but u get my drift lol

[nick the grief]

You can't have too many cut flowers but non of you have mentioned the obvious ones. Spray Chrysanthemums and Dahlia's. Dahlia's don't last as long in waster but if you grow Miniature Dec's or Cactus types they'll produce more blooms than you can shake a stick at

See what I mean
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[Birdie Wife]

It's worth growing some big poppies too for the lovely seed heads in autumn. The flowers don't last long but the seed heads can be cut and dried and last an age.

[pigletwillie]

nick, just check out the first two on my list, I am right with you there.

[kernowyon]

Dahlias
Chrysanthemums
Rudbeckia
Dwarf sunflowers
Flag iris
Michealmas daisy
Gladioli
Cosmos
Cornflower
Spring flowering bulbs

Many of our cutting flowers are planted in otherwise unproductive areas such as the front of the plot, alongside the tunnels, clumps planted by the compost bins, at the end of paths and under fruit trees.

i am with you with these, we also grow Osteospermum (so colourful) and Asters (my OH's favs) and like you any space that can grow a few flowers generally has some.