Imagine walking outside into your own garden and cutting yourself home grown flower bouquets all summer long. Did that vision bring a smile to your face as fast as it does to mine? Well, you can make that vision a reality! All you have to do is know how to plant a cutting garden that will supply you with beautiful flowers to cut and enjoy all summer.

Plant A Cutting Garden For Home Grown Flower Bouquets

What is a cutting garden? Simply put, a cutting garden is a flower garden planted with spectacular cut flowers in mind. That means flowers that grow on longer stems, and in the colors you love most in your flower bouquets. These are flowers that do extremely well once they are cut, placed in water, and taken inside to enjoy.

How To Plant A Cutting Garden

First, carve a nice sunny spot in your yard with plenty of room to plant your favorite cut flowers. You could use a spot in your vegetable garden, or a spot in your front yard among the flowers you don’t cut. Just make sure there’s plenty of room for all your favorites to grow.

When you plant a cutting garden, it’s a good idea to plant from seed. That way, you can space out your plantings every two weeks to ensure there will be new blooms in your most favorite flowers for as long as possible.

It’s also helpful to plant varieties that bloom in late spring, early summer, mid-summer, late summer and early fall. Vary the varieties for lots of color options.

Which Flowers Make Good Cut Flowers?

Here’s a list of some of my favorite cut flowers for home grown flower bouquets:

• Sunflowers
• Sweet Pea
• Daffodils
• Tulips
• Long-stemmed Rose varieties
• Allium {another purple favorite!}
• Delphinium
• Zinnias
• Pink Peonies
• Ranunculus
• Coreopsis
• Dahlia
• Aster
• Volcano Phlox

These aren’t all of the possible cut flowers you could plant in your own cutting garden. Check around your local garden center to find more of your own favorites. Above all, enjoy cutting your own home grown flower bouquets all summer long!