How to Plan a HOBBY CUT FLOWER GARDEN!🌻🌷🌹 :: Gardening for Beginners :: Zone 9b Cut Flowers 🌸

“Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.” -Bob Goddard

Welcome to my garden! Today we are talking all about Cut Flower Gardening! It is a subject that I am passionate about, as I’m sure so many of you are too! Please join me in my Gardening for Beginners Series where each week leading up to the gardening season, I do a deep dive into a different topic on gardening. The goal is by the time gardening season is in full swing, all new gardeners have the information they need to get started with their own garden! 🌷🌻🌹 Enjoy!

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[jeanetteweekley]

So glad to find another zone 9 gardener through Garden Answer! I feel inspired!

[Weeks]

What you described about your area is EXACTLY how mine is. I have a long like 50 foot spot that goes along my driveway. It’s 4 foot wide. I like you have been growing cut flowers just for personal use. This is my second year so I’m trying to make changes from last years layout. Like last year I had my dahlias in the back an the zinnias in front of them. My zinnias grew like 5 1/2 foot tall where my dahlias only got to about 4 1/2. I staked my snaps but they still ended up flopping over. I think I staked them to late. I still had success with them an got a lot of cuts from them. So this year I’m trying to plant everything better an do exactly like you an grow the tall stuff in the back down to short in the front. I’ve also made a list of the height of each plant an space each one needs. I’ve been struggling with the plants I haven’t grown yet though. Like what their going to look like when they start blooming or their end of the season size so I can place them correctly. I’ve made my list but haven’t mapped my area out yet. I’m in zone 6a (lower Michigan) but this video is the exact thing I’ve been looking for. I also didn’t grow enough fillers last year. Im growing a bunch of new varieties this year that I just got in from Bakers Creek. Can’t wait for blooms 😁

[blancacmendez]

I am glad I found you, I live in Southern California, brought here by garden answer♥️

[MyFocusVaries]

This was interesting. Thanks. And a consideration i learned is natural predators. The squirrels absolutely destroyed my sunflowers, so I'll look for a different option this year.

[brendajones]

Just came from Garden Answer. Get ready to watch your channel grow.🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

[winnielott]

I wish you also showed us all those flowers you had last year that you have so much that you were giving them away .

[Melbear]

Super beginner here... thank you for this video! Finally another zone 9b!

[deannaswetalla]

I’m very glad also for an other zone 9

[andreaskaliks]

This is my first year attempting a cut flower garden. can you make a video explaining the chart system you made??

[mattlumpkins]

I am going 2 start plantin flowerz soon. As therapy and for women. So I am going to watch more soon.

[maricelpagalan]

I have so many flower seeds and I didn't want to waste them, now I know what to do. I'm zone 9b too in California, so your videos are really useful.
Thank you!

[paigegeidel]

i'm binging your channel right now! we just moved to zone 9b and all of your videos have been such a gift for a fairly new flower gardener :)

[lindabrown]

You are a wealth of information. I just recieved my Cool Flowers book. I have so much to learn oh my. I too am a zone 9b but in Florida. Thanks so much for sharing al you do!

[DaffodilsDaisies]

Hey there! Found you from Garden Answer 🥰 just subscribed 🌷

[DanikaBasista]

It's really interesting, I started apple blossom snap dragons in maybe June/July of 2021 since I didn't start gardening until very very late and was a bit disappointed when they didn't bloom that year (they were in containers mostly and I know I didn't water them enough). But they grew all winter and I have dozens of blooms starting mid February! (I'm in 9b South Bay Area) I didn't know about succession sowing but you better believe I'm going to be all over it this year!

[kiajohnson]

Hi neighbor, I am in my second year of developing my Cut Flower Garden separate from my vegie garden and creating a pollinator attractors. My lesson learned was that I need to use a raised bed (getting to old to be on the ground) and to use drip irrigation. I have already planted tulips and daff's. Sweet peas on a trellis. Planning the summer and fall with sunflowers and dalihas with glads and with supporting stars of zinna and smaller flowering plants. Took the Floret course last year and repeating it again to reinforce the material. I am doing the same giving away to family friend and my church. Love from Livermore.

[shannonh]

I live in northern ca too on a dairy farm second year doing a cut flower garden glad I found your channel I made the mistake of not enough fillers & made the same mistake with my gum frena flowers so glad iam not the only one love love what your doing definitely gonna subscribe to your channel can’t wait to learn more ty

[nicolemartin]

Very good information. I am starting a cut flower garden on a very small space for myself, and to gift to family and friends. I love to hear that you don't need a big space to grow in to do so. I subscribed

[Brandi]

I so appreciate this video. Your tips have been so very helpful. I've been growing lots of cut flowers over the years and decided to completely stress myself out and grow as much as can for my daughter's upcoming May wedding. 🤣🥴 At first I thought I'd tuck a few of the flowers I grew into a purchased bouquet, but now it's morphed into something completely different. I told my family if you see me balled up in a corner crying, then you know it didn't go as planned. Ha! But seriously though, I have a plan B-Z!! Because I can't control Mother Nature and bloom times can be unique. So thank you again for mentioning succession planting. Hadn't thought of that before.

[erika.vichcales]

thank you for sharing! I am in zone 9b/10a and I am wanting to try a garden.