thinking about flowers

[Dobby]

Well bet you never thought I'd say this,
but after buying Mrs d some flowres from Tesco and seeing how much thy cost and how much she liked them I think I might give them a go,
I have no idea what grows when or whitch are best to grow to cut and put in a varse?
any one got any Iders
Thanks
Lee

[kentvegplot]

Get hold of a copy of Sarah Raven's book - I think it's just called 'Growing Cut Flowers'. That has great ideas for which to grow, which do well in the vase etc.

I set up a small cutting garden myself this year, and I'm still cutting a bunch of flowers every week.

[Two_Sheds]

HI Dobby, long time no write.
I grow the following for cutting:
Spring: wallflowers, sweet william
Summer: cornflower, scabious, sunflower
Autumn: dahlia, sunflower, Jerusalem Artichoke (a small sunflower), aster

[Dobby]

yea I know its been a while Mrs D hogging the puter
been busy with work and the plot and things

Jerusalem Artichoke (a small sunflower), yea I know we got them down the plot
can you grow any in the winter like start now or is that a daft question?
I was listoning to gardeners question time on radoi 4 yesterday in the van they where talking about a rose that has the best thorns that are like barbed wire or razor wire, but I was delivering and missed witch type it was.
Ill have to listion again
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00dqdl9
been trying to make a photo smaller that i just tuck of the flowres that i got MrsD but I carnt do it so I will leave Mrs D a note and ask her to do it
i wonted to know witch type they where cos thy smell nice

[vicky]

You can put bulbs in now, there's quite a few which are scented too. Paperwhite Narcissi for Christmas?

[Dobby]

thanks I'm going to call at a garden center on the way to work
I have never grown flowers before (cos you carnt eat them) but seening Mrs Ds face when i got her the flowres I decided to give them a go wonder if wyvales have any left for 50p

[djhs196]

Dobby,

I'm thinking of doing the same and putting aside one of the 8x4 beds for cut flowers.

I've scanned Sarah Raven's book - as mentioned by kentvegplot - and while the majority of it is dedicated to a lot of flower arranging etc, there's a couple of pages that are perfect.

It was a quick section on a small cutting bed - what goes in for year round interest, does well as a cut flower, and also included foliage plants to go with them.

I'll borrow a copy, get a plan and then grow 'em - and leave the young lady to use and take what she wants.

Douglas

[nick the grief]

You can't go wrong with Spray Chrysanths and Dahlia's ... but then I'm Biased.

Of the dahlia's I'd go for some of the small or Minature varieties my favourites are

Weston Miss - lemon yellow colour
Weston Pirate - blood red
Weston Nugget - Bronze
Weston Spanish Dancer - Red and yellow Bi colour

Of the Chrysanthemum's then any of them are good but the Enbee Wedding family of singles or the Talbot Parade family of Doubles are good.

Then if you look around CHristmas the garden centres might have some Gladioli corms that you can drop in but dont plant them all at th same time if there are 20 in the pack plant 5 /week over 4 weeks and it will spread the flowering out a bit.

Sweet Peas - are a must and if you look around now you should find some bare rooted Sweet Williams that you can plant for early spring flowering.

Just don't blame me when you end up with a 3 greenhouse and end up growing loads of plants

I think there are some good foto's on the website below - well I took them

[Dobby]

whent to wyvales yesterday and they still had some seeds at 50p
I got sweet pea spencer special mix
californian poppy
wallflower spring scent
love in a mist
aster
petunia
nicotiana affinis
dahlia
viola
antirrhinum

need a nuther seed box now
nick we already have 3 glass green houses and one plastic one
it says you can plant the sweet pea now
thanks