Cut Flower Garden In Raised Beds

When making a raised bed instead of going in ground you can place it where the sun or shade is the best for the plants you want to cultivate.

Cut flower garden in raised beds.

I have a small lavender farm about 300 plants. So this won t necessarily be the most beautiful bed in your garden. Meet some other interesting flowers. They are in the ground.

Now keep in mind the purpose of a cut flower bed is to cut the flowers as often as they bloom. Annuals ageratum floss flower cleome spider flower cosmos dianthus gomphrena globe amaranth gypsophila baby s. In my cutting garden i can walk through the rows picking anything in sight. Weed barrier the rows and mulched with river rock.

Carefully site your cut flower bed. Amaranthus produces gorgeous tassel like flowers each fall that look great in arrangements both fresh cut and dried. Developed for the cut flower market it makes a terrific addition to planting beds cottage gardens and large containers. For other good cutting garden candidates check out the related articles below.

Direct sowing into the ground works good with some things. A piece of unexpected garden art in the form of a large red box makes its presence felt in garden flower beds. Cutting garden 1. You can also prevent tunneling pests from decimating your plants.

Flower garden go out with a. Plants can be healthier and more productive in a raised bed because you can control the quality of the soil and water drainage. Everest blue is a tall ageratum that grows 20 to 26 inches tall. My cutting garden is divided into five 2 5 ft.

Item 1447947 model rgt15rgt15. Each of the 14 sections measures 1 foot deep and 3 feet wide. All things cedar 23 in w x 70 in l x 15 75 in h natural cedar cedar raised garden bed. This garden is designed for a 7 foot by 7 foot planting area.

Do you find the raised beds work better for cutting gardens. Feel free to substitute with your own favorite flowers. I am considering doing them to grow some cut flowers also. It s joined by easy growing annuals calibrachoa zinnia salvia euphorbia marigold and cleome.

Without flowers if you plant a bed of. You may want to tuck it in between some of your more beautiful vegetables such as long producing indeterminate tomatoes or come and cut greens. Japanese beetles tend to avoid the hairy quilted leaves of ageratum but may rarely munch on the blooms. When i m done i invariably have an instant no fuss bouquet.