Annual Cutting Garden Plans. These annuals make excellent cut flowers because their blooms last several days in water. 28 Best Perennials for a Cutting Flower Garden Early Snowball Babys Breath.
This perennial cutting garden fills a corner bed thats approximately 390 square feet. The first frost usually signals the end of the season for annuals and most need to be replanted each year. Avoid high-nitrogen fertilizer which promotes leaf rather than flower production.
Annuals will bloom for one season however many annuals will self-seed and pop up again the next year.
For example zinnias and snapdragons can usually be planted on a 9x9 grid. Our exclusive planting plans and plant combinations make growing a great-looking garden easy. Incorporate a dose of a balanced slow acting granular organic fertilizer at the start of the season. This Zone 5 to 8 garden integrates charming old-time annuals and perennials herbs and flowering shrubs to produce a simple informal display that provides plenty of flowers for cutting.