Tips for planning a cut flower garden

Do you enjoy cut-flowers in your home?

Rather than buying your flowers at the market or store, you could try growing your own flowers to cut and bring indoors.

Growing your own cut-flowers gives you fresh flowers available just outside your door that are more economical than purchasing flowers from a store.

It is possible to plant a cut-flower garden with just a little knowledge and some effort.

Tips

 * Consider growing sunflowers, asters, cosmos, dahlias, bachelor's button and baby's breath. If the smell does not bother you, also try marigolds and zinnias.
 * Purchasing seeds is more economical than purchasing plants. Seeds will give you a greater variety of flowers to choose. Keep in mind that it will take longer for flowers to form when you sow seeds over buying plants.
 * Bulbs can also be planted in your garden. Tulips and daffodils make excellent cut-flowers. Iris and gladiolus are also popular flowers for cutting.
 * If you plant perennials in your garden, they will come back year after year. Some excellent choices are mums, phlox, lilies, roses and cone flowers.

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