A few flowers on the plot?

**Snadger** · 21-02-2007, 07:32 AM

Originally posted by FatGaz View Post

Hi All,

OK..... 99% of my gardening is veg, but I would like to grow some flowers that I can 'cut' and bring a bunch home for the wife each week from the allotment.

What flowers would be easy to grow, and be suitable for cutting.

I'm sure I asked a similar question a while back, but I'm hungover at the moment so can't be bothered to find a link!!.....no doubt some kind soul will point you in the right direction!

**bubblewrap** · 21-02-2007, 09:11 AM

Originally posted by FatGaz View Post

Hi All,

OK..... 99% of my gardening is veg, but I would like to grow some flowers that I can 'cut' and bring a bunch home for the wife each week from the allotment.

What flowers would be easy to grow, and be suitable for cutting.

I " harvested" most of the poppy seeds off the allotments in our patch, I also hove cornflower & "bought" wild flower seeds, also wild flower seeds from Western Australia.
I have sown these round the edges of my lottie.
I will not pick these but take my OH down to enjoy them.

**la cebolla grande** · 21-02-2007, 09:22 AM

Dutch Irises are always good. Bulbs cheap (from Woollies for instance), chuck them in the ground and forget about them and they make excellent cut flowers.

there's a 'new' poppy around called Ladybird too, I had great success last year with that in the garden. Seeds now available from garden Centres this year.

LCG

***Feather*** · 21-02-2007, 10:34 AM

My allotment neighbour has dahlias and her plot looks beautiful. And I'm going to plant some gladioli this year.

**Nicos** · 21-02-2007, 10:43 AM

I planted 1000 daff bulbs- this will be their 3rd year of flowering!
I love to see daffs in the garden, and thought it was a shame to chop them and bring into the house.
So I bought a few large bags of bulbs at the end of the planting season at half price and have a fantastic display on the lottie and in the house now for several weeks!
Multi headed sunflowers and rudbeckia are easy to grow too ( just mind the slugs in the early days)

**nick the grief** · 21-02-2007, 12:14 PM

Hi Gaz,

There are loads to choose from. Spray Chrysaths last for 2 or 3 weeks in wate but don't repeat flower. Dahlia's don't last as long in water but you'll be able to cut loads of them. Asters are a good cut flower especially the taller ones & you can grow them from seed - same for the taller Cosmos. Sweet peas always look good & will oblige with more flowers that you can pick. Nigella ( Love in a mist) are good cut & come again flowers & if you buy a packet of the variety "Persian Jewels" there are load of different colours in there. and don't forget some Gypsophila "Coent Garden" ( I think the variety is) loads of realy whispy tiny white flowers that is always used by florists and agian you can raise from seed.

If you can spare a bit of ground you can sow a row of Helichrysum & statice & cut them & use either fresh or dry them and use them in the winter as dried flowers - really impress her

Hope that helps

**Two_Sheds** · 21-02-2007, 04:25 PM

I grow lots of flowers to attract hoverflies etc. Limnanthes, calendula. Also some for me, the house, and to give as gifts when I want to butter someone up. I took these pix today: the bluebells are coming on well, the first narcissus are out. I have leaves on the lilies and irises. The dahlias are indoors to force, so I can take cuttings and increase my stock.

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**Benacre** · 21-02-2007, 05:06 PM

I love Annual Corn Flowers and Sweet Williams I like the latter as they last a longtime on graves,
Benacre

**rustylady** · 21-02-2007, 07:00 PM

Don't forget that as well as looking good, flowers attract pollinating insects - so necessary for beans, peas, etc. Sweet peas are lovely, you can cut and cut again and as well as looking good they smell gorgeous - you could try growing them mixed in with your climbing beans.

Other good "cutters" are pinks, gypsophila, dahlias, gladioli

**Two_Sheds** · 25-03-2007, 07:55 PM

Got my first cutting flowers today (not counting daffs)
Cornflower and wallflower (darkest red)
the cornflower is self-sown, its seems to be a cross between my tall 'black' ones and my normal blue ones...really pretty

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**Alice** · 25-03-2007, 09:30 PM

Good pics Two Sheds. Thanks for letting us see them. Are you growing the flowers in your garden or at the lottie. Do you know what variety the cornflower is. I have some in the garden which is little better than a weed. I'm always going to pull it out, but I love it and it stays. If I had a better variety I could harden my heart , pull it out and replace it with something better.

**Two_Sheds** · 27-03-2007, 07:48 PM

No, Alice, its not named. Its not quite blue, its got a lot of purple in it...I think its the bastard-offspring of my 'tall Black Ball' and the normal shorter Blue cornflower. I liked the colour of Black Ball, but it was too tall for my windy site, and the plants were always collapsing...I prefer this dwarfer one.

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