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Best Cut Flowers to Grow - Plant These Types in Your Garden For Fresh Flowers All Summer Long

Best Cut Flower to Grow – Plant These Types in Your Garden For Fresh Flowers All Summer Long

Simply put it, cut flowers are an important decorative  in your home, decorating your tables, sopas, bedroom, kitchen, and garden. Without flowers in your home, it seems the atmosphere is dry and lonesome and you feel lazy to move.

But when you see some beautiful flowers arranged properly in your receiving room, study table, dining table, you seems active and feel a fresh look in your surroundings and forced you to work with ease in your daily house chores.

Sometimes, you find it hard to find these flowers you need for y daily home décor requirements. You're forced to go to some flower shops and buy them at sky high cost, especially during lean months.

But, if you'll think it  twice, you can plant them just in your garden and you've your continuous  supply  of beautiful flowers the whole year round.

To give you some thought, I've identified some cut flowers you can grow for your fresh cut flowers need.

1) Marigolds – Marigold comes in different varieties like;  yellow, orange and red colors or a combination of the three colors.. They bear flowers 40 days from sowing  and they don't require  much water as long as the soil is wait especially when there is  an available rain water in the soil.

2) Morning Glory – Morning Glory species have different variety of colors such as red, blue, pink and lavender. This plant grows very large up to 6 feet tall in its height. It is not hard to grow, it could tolerate in any kind of soil provided it is rich with organic materials.

3) Zinnias – If grown in  a good soil, zinnias produce  resilient and beautiful flowers the whole year round. However, zinnias are  water loving plants, but not to the extent of over watering them. Rain water is the favorite of this plant, at least every other day. They need a moist soil at all times to maintain their growth and flowering abilities.

4) Sunflowers – The most favorite of all gardeners, sunflowers consists of a yellow orange color with a black circle in the middle of the flower.. Sunflowers typically grow large and typically grows about  over 7 feet tall. Their seeds are a source of edible oil and also eaten deliciously especially  when roasted. A good snack items.

5) Asters – Can be grown easily and transplanted, asters reigned supreme in the 18th century. Annual asters, also called China asters, flower in all colors but orange. They sport blooms 1 to 4 inches across on strong-stemmed plants 20 to 36 inches tall. Single-flowered types ('Single Marguerite', 'Single California Giant') look like multicolored daisies. Other China asters resemble pompons ('Giant Princess', 'Powderpuff') or peonies ('Opus'). No matter which shape you choose, one plant makes a bouquet.

6) Plume celosia – This plant is easy to grow and looks attractive even both fresh and dried, says John Dole, assistant professor of floriculture at Oklahoma State University and co-chair of research for the Association of Specialty Cut Flowers. Skip dwarf bedding plants; you need celosias 20- to 40-inches tall for dramatic vertical accent in arrangements.

7) Cosmos – Eight weeks after seeding, cosmos start a lacy-leaved, free-flowering after eight week from seeding and continues to lasts until frost. Cosmos is a sun loving plant and does not so selective in its soil requirement. It tolerates hot and humid weather condition during its entire growth period.

Gypsophila –. Gypsophila is a great filler for fresh and dried flower arrangements. Also known as baby's breath, this plant produced a starry blossoms on thread-thin stems. Among white-flowered types (G. elegans), 'Snow Fountain' is most upright and has strongest stems, and is most flower bearing type. This plant prefer a sandy soil to provide an attractive flowers during its growing period. It blooms in late spring to early fall except during hot months.

9) Bachelor's Button – This old-fashioned plant is the most favorite in American parlor and home gardeners for ages but also makes a lovely cut flower plant. This is easy to grow and tolerates in partly shaded place. Bachelor's button flowers are also often used in dried flower arrangements after hanging in a warm, dark place to dry.

There are some more cut flower plants to grow that are not included in this report, but are reserved for my other articles on cut flowers.

Stay tuned.

Happy Gardening!

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Crisologo Ramasasa, Freelance writer, writes home gardening and Internet marketing tips. Get a copy of his latest FREE ebooks;  "Discover How to get started in Flower Gardening"  and "Vegetable Gardening Made Easy", and get lots of tips, Free articles, and bonuses at: www.crisramasasa.com

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Cris Ramasasa is a retired Horticulture teacher for 29 years and Freelance writer. Writes home gardening tips and resources. Written ebooks titled: Discover How To Get Started In Flower Gardening and Vegetable Gardening Made Easy. www.crisramasasa.com

How long can a cut phalaenopsis flower spike last in a jar of water?

Hi,

My gorgeous phalaenopsis plant was suffering from root rot, so I had to cut the flower spike off and put it in a vase filled with water. The spike has a couple flowers on it, and I am noticing that some of the buds are now beginning to grow, now that I have placed the spike in a vase of water.

My question is, how long can this flower spike last like this?

At least a week, if not longer. They are hardy flowers.

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