Cutting Gardens
Every gardener can make beautiful floral arrangements with practice. Flowers and foliage can add atmosphere inside the home as well as in the garden. The best time to cut flowers and foliage is in the early morning. Immediately put the stems into tepid water for an hour or more. Use Floralife fresh flower food in the water when arranging. The following plants make excellent choices for beautiful arrangements.
PERENNIALS
| BOTANICAL NAME |
COMMON NAME |
| Achillea |
Yarrow |
| Aconitum |
Monkshood |
| Alchemilla |
Lady's Mantle |
| Allium |
|
| Anemone |
|
| Armeria |
Sea Thrift |
| Artemesia |
Wormwood |
| Asclepias |
Butterfly Weed |
| Aster |
Aster |
| Astilbe |
False Goats Beard |
| Baptisia |
Wild Indigo |
| Boltonia |
White Boltonia |
| Buddleia |
Butterfly Bush |
| Canna |
Canna |
| Caryopteris |
Bluebeard |
| Centaurea |
Knapweed |
| Chelone |
Pink Turtleheads |
| Chrysanthemum |
Hardy Mum |
| Cimicifuga |
Bugbane |
| Convallaria |
Lily-of-the-Valley |
| Coreopsis |
Tickseed |
| Crocosmia |
Crocosmia |
| Dianthus |
Carnation |
| Digitalis |
Foxglove |
| Doronicum |
Leopard's Bane |
| Echinacea |
Purple Cone Flower |
| Echinops |
Globe Thistle |
| Eryngium |
Sea Holly |
| Eupatorium |
Mist Flower |
| Gaillardia |
Blanket Flower |
| Geum |
|
| Gypsophila |
Baby's Breath |
| Heliopsis |
Orange Sunflower |
| Hemerocallis |
Daylily |
| Heuchera |
Coral Bells |
| Hosta |
Plaintain |
| Kniphofia |
Red Hot Poker |
| Lavendula |
Lavender |
| Liatris |
Gayfeather |
| Lilium |
Lily |
| Limonium |
Statice |
| Linaria |
|
| Lythrum |
Purple Loosestrife |
| Monarda |
Bee Balm |
| Penstemon |
Penstemon |
| Paeonia |
Peony |
| Perovskia |
Russian Sage |
| Phlox |
Summer Phlox |
| Physostegia |
False Dragon Head |
| Rudbeckia |
Black-Eyed-Susan |
| Salvia |
Salvia |
| Santolina |
Lavender Cotton |
| Senecio |
|
| Scabiosa |
Pin Cushion Flower |
| Solidago |
Goldenrod |
| Stokesia |
Stoke's Aster |
| Tiarella |
Foam Flower |
| Veronica |
Veronica |
SHRUBS
- Abelia (flowers foliage)
- Aucuba (foliage)
- Azalea (flowers)
- Buddleia (flowers)
- Clematis (flowers)
- Clethra (flowers)
- Euonymus (foliage)
- Harry Lauders Walking stick (branches)
- Forsythia (flowers)
- Hydrangea (fresh & dried flowers)
- Kerria (flowers & branches)
- Laurel (flowers & foliage)
- Leucothoe (flowers & foliage)
- Lilac (flowers)
- Nandina (berries & foliage)
- Spirea (flowers & foliage)
- Viburnum (flowers & foliage)
TREES
All small, flowering trees provide beautiful material for arrangements. Also consider the foliage, flowers, or seedpods of trees such as Holly, Magnolia, and Japanese Maple.
FLOWERING BULBS
Use the beautiful blooms from all flowering bulbs to bring spring and summer inside! The season is fleeting! Bringing the blooms indoors extends your enjoyment of these flowers.
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES
Use any and all ornamental grasses to add airiness, texture, and line to your arrangements.