5 EASY Tips For Starting A Cut Flower Garden 🌷 || How To Grow Cut Flowers in 2024

In this video, I am covering 5 easy tips to starting a cut flower garden! Each of these steps will get you closer to your goal of growing cut flowers in 2024.

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[taneriapollins]

I am a new gardener. I know nothing about growing flowers. I just brought so many flowers from baker creek. Wish me luck

[nursekiki]

I was so happy to find this video. I am also in Texas zone 8a and most of the gardeners that I see growing cut flowers are not in our zone or they’re doing it on a massive scale. I just have my home backyard garden to grow in and I love cut flowers and was looking for some direction on how I could get started growing them. Thank you so much for your video. It was exactly what I was looking for!

[speedysteve]

I totally agree with you. That is exactly the reasons for me starting a cut flower garden. I used to decorate my local church with fresh flowers and I needed them to last at least 5 days or more. This changed my attitude about growing flowers. By the way, I am a female not a male as the name suggests.

[trainingolives]

So this one is not a flower, but red amaranth grows beautifully here and is GORGEOUS in an arrangement! Sunflowers and vinca have done really well for me, too here. I’m going to really intersperse a lot more flowers into the raised beds this year. You give me hope that they won’t all fry in our dreadful summers. 😂. I used to grow the most gorgeous dahlias in Charleston, but they don’t do well for me here in San Antonio at all.

[faithannetoo]

Gardening truly is the hobby of a lifetime, that was so well put. Zinnias always do great in my area, so I agree that those are great. I also love sunflowers. Last year I grew scabiosa for the first time and they were stunning. I was impressed with the repeat blooms that I got from them throughout the growing season and they add such a whimsical touch to flower jars. Happy growing! 😊🌱

[grisespino]

Not a flower, but coleus is a fave. They do flower 😄, come in so many colors and leaf shapes. Great as filler and striking en mass in a vase. So easy to propagate 💚🌱

[lorraineglazar]

I live in zone 9a. I love to grow sweet peas, bachelor buttons, sunflowers and YES, zinnias in the summer!

[grantwest]

I love the idea of a cut flower garden, but always find it so hard to take away the beautiful blooms from the pollinators. If I had to pick one though it would be snapdragons. I just love a big bouquet full of them.

[JosephineTeehankee]

Bought zinnias, sunflowers, sweet William, cosmos seeds. Wish me luck. Thank you. I'm from southern california

[leonagunnels]

Thank you for making it sound easy. I’ve been growing the starter cut flowers you mentioned for years and have just decided to go all out this year with some more challenging ones. I live in Plano, TX and am so happy to have found your channel recently for hyper-local cut flower gardening techniques!

[joycerapezzi]

Anxious to try heirloom mums thanks to you.

[Ruthsdreamgarden]

Snapdragons!!! Bought a big box plant, then it self seeded and I learned how to harvest the seeds. Now I have snapdragon babies all over and excited to see the results.

[hdab]

I enjoy unconventional colors of branching sunflowers, and last year I had success with snapdragons, zinnias, dahlias from seed, and I love me some lilies!
This was a great video. One question, what choices would you make if you can't ensure 6-8 hours of sun? I've had some success working with yhe sun I have, but I'm pretty sure most areas I have might just max out at 5-6 hours of morning/afternoon sun. (I get one or the other.) I'm looking at some perennials that can do part sun. This will be an experimental year for those.
Your videos are getting me excited for the upcoming season!!

[lindseyeddy]

Totally agree with Zinnias!! Can't get enough of them!! I grew sunflowers for the first time last year, ive got BIG plans for them this year!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[annsmith]

Well now i understand!!! As a former florist, the interest is certainly natural. I am also a former floral designer, specializing in wedding bouquets. The cut flowers now make sense. Great pictures!! ⚾️

[summerchu]

You are wonderful Amanda, i love all your videos! I learn so much every time.

[michellepollino]

Love your new shirt! I love zinnias, my favorite. Great video very helpful information and love your ideas and your enthusiasm about gardening. Just so excited for the new gardening season.

[cheriehunter]

Gladiolus and lillies are my favorites to grow and I'm falling in love with cana lillies as well.

[andreavanantwerp]

Agree bring in my 1st grouping for a vase was a game changer!

[absolutelyyouhomeandgarden]

Great video. You're getting me excited to start some indoor sowing. Thanks for all the inspiration ❤