Our Favorite Cut Flowers
Annuals |
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Name |
When to Cut |
Season |
| Ageratum ‘Blue Horizon’ | flowers just opening | Summer |
| Agrostemma 'Purple Queen' | 1-2 flowers open | Spring |
| Ammi Majus 'Queen of Africa' | 3/4 flowers open | Spring |
| Bachelor's Buttons | top flower 3/4 open | Spring |
| Basil | anytime | Summer/Fall |
| Bells of Ireland | bells 3/4 open | Spring |
| Bupleurum | lower flowers open | Spring |
| Butterfly Weed 'Silky Gold' | 1/2 flowers open | Spring |
| Calendula 'Prince' | as petals open | Spring |
| Celosia - Plume 'Pampas Plume' | fully open | Summer/Fall |
| Celosia - Crested 'Chief' Series | fully open | Summer/Fall |
| Cleome (Spider Flower) | as flowers open | Summer/Fall |
| Eucalyptus 'Silver Dollar' | when mature | Fall |
| Delphinium 'Clear Springs' | 1/4 open | Spring |
| Dianthus 'Melody', 'Amazon' Series | 1/4 open | Spring |
| Gomphrena 'Bicolor Rose', 'Carmine' | fully colored | Summer |
| Grasses - Foxtail Millet, Panicum, etc. | before seed matures | Summer/Fall |
| Larkspur 'Qis' mix | 1/4 open | Spring |
| Lisanthus 'Echo' | 2nd flower colored | Spring/Summer |
| Marigold 'Gold Coin' | fully colored | Summer |
| Nigella | bracts colored | Spring |
| Pepper 'Nippon Taka' | fully colored | Fall |
| Rudbeckia 'Indian Summer' | petals half open | Summer/Fall |
| Salvia farinacea 'Blue Bedder' | 1/4 open | Summer/Fall |
| Scabiosa atropurpurea Qis Series | petals fully colored | Summer |
| Snapdragon 'Rocket' | 1/4 open | Spring/Fall |
| Statice Qis Series | fully open | Spring/Fall |
| Sunflower 'Sun' Series | petals just lifting | Spring-Fall |
| Verbena bonarienses | flowers 1/2 open | Summer |
| Zinnia 'Benary's Giants' | petals fully expanded | Summer/Fall |
Perennials |
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Name |
When to Cut |
Season |
| Achillea 'Colorado', 'Moonshine' | flowers fully open | Summer |
| Aquilegia 'McKana's Giant' | just before opening | Spring |
| Astilbe | flowers 1/2 open | Spring |
| Baptisia australis | lower flowers open | Spring |
| Campanula glomerata | 1 or 2 flowers open | Spring |
| Centaurea macrocephala | when colors show | Spring |
| Centranthus ruber | first flowers open | Summer |
| Chrysanthemum | first flower open | Fall |
| Daisy 'Crazy Daisy', 'Becky' | petals expanded | Summer |
| Dicentra (Bleeding Heart) | 1/2 flowers open | Spring |
| Echinacea, all sorts | when petals expand | Summer |
| Gaillardia | flowers just open | Summer |
| Gypsophilia (Baby's Breath) | 1/2 flowers open | Summer |
| Helianthus salicifolia 'First Light' | 1/2 flowers open | Fall |
| Heliopsis | first flowers open | Summer |
| Hesperis (Dame's Rocket) | 1/2 flowers open | Spring |
| Hosta | the leaves!! | Spring |
| Kniphofia 'Flamenco' | basal flowers open | Spring |
| Limonium (Perennial Statice) | 3/4 flowers open | Summer |
| Lysimachia clethroides (Gooseneck) | 1/2 open | Summer |
| Lysimachia punctata (Yellow) | first flowers open | Spring |
| Monarda 'Jacob Kline' | as flowers open | Summer |
| Paeonia | color on bud | Spring |
| Phlox paniculata | 1/2 flowers open | Summer |
| Physostegia (Obedient Plant) | 1/4 open | Summer |
| Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' | flowers fully open | Summer/Fall |
| Rudbeckia - R triloba | flowers fully open | Summer/Fall |
| Salvia superba | 1/2 flowers open | Spring-Fall |
| Sedum 'Autumn Joy' | 3/4 flowers open | Fall |
| Solidago (Goldenrod) | 1/2 flowers open | Summer/Fall |
| Veronica longifolia | 1/4 flowers open | Summer |