Cut Flower Garden Collection

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ON THIS PAGE YOU’LL FIND MORE DETAILS TO HAVE BLOOMING SUCCESS WITH YOUR NEW CUT FLOWER SEEDINGS. PLEASE DON’T HESITATE TO REACH OUT WITH FUTHER QUESTIONS: EMILY@LONGLANEFARMFLOWERS.COM

  • Your seedlings are hardened off which means they have been acclimated to life outside. They are ready to be planted as soon as you pick them up! Don’t delay unless freezing weather is predicted. If that’s the case, keep watered and in a cool, sunny place.

    • ** with that said, though the weather has been exceptionally warm this spring, there is still a chance of a rogue frost. Everything can be planted immediately but I would hold off on the following for another 2ish weeks: Zinnias (you have 2 types), cosmos, hibiscus foliage, and celosia (you have 2 types of this also). The rest can handle a spring frost if it were to happen, these four cannot!

  • Location: FULL sun, find your sunniest spot and that’s what your flowers will love

  • Spacing: these seedlings can be planted as close as 6 - 9” apart. A space of about 32 sq. feet (about a 4x8’ area) is all you need. You can even use several large containers in which to plant your seedlings.

  • All seedlings are annuals. Rudbeckia (Goldilocks) and feverfew are two that will likely come back again for at least one year. After frost in the fall, cut them back to the ground.

  • Support:

    • Because these are all cutting varieties (ie bred to be tall) some of them will need additional support in your garden. Heavy rains can easily topple these plants and some just tend to flop over as they grow if they are not properly supported. Tomato cages are probably the best way to give support to growing stems.

    • MUST support: snapdragons, lisianthus

    • Support if you wish: cosmos, zinnias

  • Cutting:

    • You must continue to cut your blooming flowers throughout the season in order to keep the blooms coming. If you stop and let the flowers die on the plant, that signals them that their job is finished and they put all of their energy into producing seed and will no longer produce flowers.

  • Deadheading:

    • Some flowers (many of those in your collection) benefit from deadheading. Flowers can be hard to keep up with. Some will bloom and die on the plant. All is not lost as I stated above IF you deadhead that spent bloom. Deadhead simply means to snip off the spent bloom. This reminds the plant to keep producing flowers.

If you have additional questions, please ask! Likely someone else has thought it too!

emily@longlanefarmflowers.com