Part 2 Flower Frame Lids for protecting both plants and flowers 28 December 2024

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How to make Neil's Flower Frames for supporting and protecting cut flowers

I use these lids for so many things, a cold frame, a cloche, a roof for your plants!

The original reason for them was to protect Wedding Flowers being grown to order from weather damage (e.g. rain and hail).

However now the uses are endless
For Dahlia's they are useful year round allowing us to 'over winter' tubers in the ground by keeping the ground dry. It's the freezing water that does the damage.

As well as keeping the ground dry, adding lids to an empty bed will enable you to get a head start on Spring planting in the ground by warming it up and drying it out after winter.

In the Spring placed low as a cloche they protect tender plants from cold shock, hardening them off and protecting from frosts.

Then in Summer they help protect flowers from burning in intense heatwaves, the polythene is slightly opaque and diffuses the light.

Unlike a greenhouse or polytunnel the sides are open to the breeze keeping plants healthy and cool.

For flower farming we loved these frames but even in a small garden a quarter sized frame will extend the season in your garden, the things you can grow AND sort out all the staking and supporting.

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