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Cut Flowers in Limited Space

16 years ago

Hey there, I have a conundrum. I only have a limited amount of space for flowers this year, and my wife's main criteria is that all flowers in this section should make for good cut flowers. That being said, I have a 4x2 patch against a garage that's full sun, another 6x2 section (also against the garage) that's part shade, and then a 10x4 section of full shade. Can you suggest flowers that work in zone 5, will go together in a cut bouquet and will fit packed in such a tiny amount of space?

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bullthistle
16 years ago
Try annuals since they make great cut flowers, but some perennials are great as well with little care. Aster, snapdragon, daisy, poppy, statice, sweat pea, phlox, larkspur, lupine, mariglod and I am certain many more.

Here is a link that might be useful: Propagating Perennials
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