“Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.” -Luther Burbank
Walking through my gardens, sometimes it’s hard to think about cutting the flowers to bring them indoors, but the idea of a designated area for plants that are expressly grown to be cut is appealing. Whether you find a spot to fill with flowers or you add a few flowers to your vegetable garden doesn’t matter; what matters is that you get the flowers in the ground and enjoy them.
If it’s your first year, you may want to start with annuals rather than committing space to perennials. Do a little research to find an array of plants that bloom throughout the summer. You will need long-stemmed flowers, some blooms to serve as focal points in your bouquets, and maybe some with a particular scent that you love. You’ll want some smaller blooms with accent colors, some filler plants with small, spread-out blossoms (think dill, or baby’s breath), and some plants with beautiful foliage. My mom always liked some spikey greens in there, too. I did a little homework for you and included a chart below with bloom times.
