What is a cut flower garden?
A cutting garden is grown specifically to supply flowers to be used in floral arrangements. This kind of garden is planned and planted separately from your outdoor flower garden meant to beautify your yard. Most of the cut flowers that i grow in this garden bed are ones you’d expect to find in a bouquet, such as zinnias, scabiosa, strawflower, snapdragons, cosmos, dahlias and gomphrena. But i love exploring the design potential of herbs, native plants and vines when building bouquets, too.
When should I start my cut flower garden?
I would say the best time of year to plant most cut flowers is late spring, two weeks after the last frost, but it depends on the flower variety. Most of these flowers will be annuals, so you can’t really plant in fall, hoping they’ll go dormant and pop up again next year. You can cut back herbaceous perennials (such as artemisia, campanula, and coreopsis) in October and November. By the time autumn arrives, many herbaceous perennials have become overgrown with old foliage and dead flowers. So, autumn is a great time to cut old foliage back to the ground.While fall is not the typical time to prune many plants, some are best done at this time of year for various reasons. Make a pruning calendar to ensure you always cut at the right time. Keep in mind that plants that can be pruned or trimmed in October don’t necessarily need to be cut back.
What is the 3 5 8 rule for flowers?
The 3-5-8 rule is a floral design guideline that suggests using three types of focal flowers, five stems of greenery, and eight stems of accent flowers to achieve a balanced and harmonious arrangement. The 3:5-8 rule in floristry is a guideline that helps create balanced and visually appealing floral arrangements. It suggests using three types of focal flowers, five stems of greenery, and eight stems of filler flowers. Focal flowers are the stars of your arrangement.The 3:5-8 rule in floristry is a guideline that helps create balanced and visually appealing floral arrangements. It suggests using three types of focal flowers, five stems of greenery, and eight stems of filler flowers. Focal flowers are the stars of your arrangement.Specifically, the rule calls for using three types of dominant flowers, five greenery stems, and eight stems of an accent flower.The rule says you need three focal flowers, five textural flowers, and eight filler flowers to make a standard, mid-sized bouquet work. These kinds of bouquets, with 14 stems, are the perfect size for table arrangements in your kitchen or on a side table.