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Plant Suggestions for a Beautiful and Magnificent Cutting Garden

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Plant Suggestions for a Beautiful and Magnificent Cutting Garden

Having a backyard cutting garden is a wonderful way to have a source of fantastic floral arrangements for your home or a supply of gifts for special occasions.

There are numerous types of cutting gardens, ranging from casual to formal to casual, depending on your personal. No matter what your style, there are three things to consider before planning your garden:

  • Maintenance – if planned properly, your garden will need very little maintenance other than deadheading and cutting flowers. Keep in mind, some plants will require staking, trellising and netting and those plants should be placed in an accessible area. Mulching is recommended to retain soil moisture and discourage weeds or you can plant your flowers closely.
  • Blooming Times – Scatter your plantings by blooming seasons, plant type (perennials, biennials and annuals). As one season ends, the next season’s flowers will take over a beautiful flowering display. As annuals need replacing year after year, they should be planted together so they can be easier to remove at the end of the growing season.
  • Flower Assortments for Color Variations – Be mindful of the color varieties of you plants not only for color productivity but visual appeal.

Make sure the proposed planting area has well-draining and loose soil, receives adequate sun exposure and free of weeds and rocks. Also, attention will need to be considered for the plants spacing and height and placement.

Listed below are cutting garden plant recommendations:

Foliage Plants:

Coleus
Common Wormwood
Coral Bells
Dusty Miller
Lady’s Mantle
Lamb’s Ears
Lavender
Plantain Lilies
Sage
Thorow Wax
Plectranthus scutellarioides
Artemisia
Heuchera
Jacobaea maritima
Alchemilla
Stachys byzantine
Lavandula
Hosta
Salvia
Bupleurum
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Shrub
Shrub
Shrub
Shrub
Shrub
Shrub
Shrub
Shrub
Shrub
Shrub

Flowering Plants:

Amaranth
Aster
Baby’s Breath
Bee Balm
Bells Of Ireland
Blanket Flower
Blazing Star
Bleeding Heart
Blue False Indigo
Chamomile
Cock’s Comb
Coneflower
Cornflower
Cosmos
Columbine
False Goat’s Beard
Foxglove
Goldenrod
Icelandic Poppy
Iris
Japanese Anemone
Larkspur
Lily
Lupine
Peony
Phlox
Pincushion Flower
Prairie Gentian
Purple Coneflower
Queen Anne’s Lace
Sage
Sea Holly
Shasta Daisy
Snapdragon
Statice
Sunflower
Sweet Pea
Sweet William
Tickseed
White Laceflower
Yarrow
Zinnia
Amaranthus
Aster
Gypsophila
Monrada
Moluccella Laevis
Gaillardia
Liatris
Dicentra
Baptisia australis
Matricaria chamomilla
Celosia
Rudbeckia
Centaurea cyanus
Cosmos
Aquilegia
Astilbe
Digitalis
Solidago
Papaver nudicaule
Iris
Anemone hupehensis
Delphinium
Lilium
Lupinus
Paeonia
Phlox
Scabiosa
Lisianthus
Echinacea purpurea
Ammi Maju
Salvia
Eryngium planum
Leucanthemum
Antirrhinum
Limonium
Helianthus annuus
Lathyrus odoratus
Dianthus barbatus
Coreopsis
Orlaya grandiflora
Achillea millefolium
Zinnia
Perennial
Perennial
Annual
Perennial
Annual
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Annual
Annual
Perennial
Annual
Annual
Perennial
Perennial
Biennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Perennial
Biennial
Perennial
Annual
Biennial
Perennial
Perennial
Annual
Biennial
Annual
Annual
Biennial
Biennial
Annual
Perennial
Annual
1-2’
1-6’
6” to 6‘
1-4’
1-3’
1-3’
1-3’
6-12’
3-5’
3-6”
6-12”
2-4’
2-2 ½’
2-3’
1-3’
1-3’
3-5’
2-6’
1-2’
1-3’
2-3’
1-3’
2-6’
1-4’
3’
2-4’
6”-1’
8”-1’
2-4’
3-4’
2-4’
2–3’
1-2’
1-3’
1-1 ½’
5-10’
5-10’
1-2’
1-3’
2-3’
1-3’
1-4’
Summer-Frost
Late Summer-Fall
Summer-Fall
Summer-Fall
Spring-Summer
Summer-Fall
Summer-Fall
Spring-Summer
Spring-Summer
Summer-Fall
Summer-Fall
Summer-Fall
Spring-Fall
Summer-Fall
Spring-Summer
Summer
Spring-Summer
Summer-Fall
Spring-Summer
Spring-Summer
Summer-Fall
Summer-Fall
Spring-Fall
Spring-Summer
Spring-Summer
Spring-Fall
Spring-Fall
Summer-Fall
Summer-Fall
Summer-Fall
Summer-Fall
Summer-Fall
Summer-Fall
Spring-Fall
Summer-Fall
Summer-Fall
Spring-Summer
Spring-Summer
Summer-Fall
Summer-Frost
Spring-Fall
Summer-Fall

Spring Flowering Bulbs:

Alliums

Daffodils

Hyacinth

Ranunculus                        

Tulip

Summer Flowering Bulbs:

Calla Lilies

Dahlias

Gladiolus

There are also numerous flowering trees and shrubs that can be utilized in a cutting garden which offer spectacular blooms such as:

Trees:

Cherry

Cherry Laurel

Crepe Myrtle

Dogwood

Evergreens

Japanese Maple

Magnolia

Shrubs:

Azalea

Butterfly Bush

Camelia

Forsythia

Hollyhock

Hydrangea

Lilacs

Mock Orange

Rose of Sharon

Roses

Sedum

Spirea

Veronica

Viburnum

Weiglia

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