Top 6 Best Cut Flower Garden

This popular cornflower is also known as Armenian Basket Flower. One of the few perennial, yellow blossoming, large-growing perennial in the Centaurea family. Since this cornflower can be quite large and wide, it is best used towards the back of a sunny flower bed.. This perennial cornflower grows 3 - 4 feet tall in USDA zones 2 - 9.. These cornflower plants form a clump of coarse, light-green leaves, bearing stems of large, shaggy thistle-like flowers with bright canary-yellow petals.. These brilliantly yellow blossoms are perfectly shaped and are excellent for cutting, fresh or dried, and sometimes used by commercial florists. Unlike many other flowering plants, cornflower plants are not invasive in the least. Once planted, it is best to leave Centaurea Macrocephala where it was planted as it does not do well with transplanting or being divided.. This perennial cornflower grown from flowers seeds is extremely hardy, and a good choice for gardeners in prairie regions. Sow 10 seeds per plant..

Cosmos bipannatus yellow lemonade flowers grow best in full sun to partial shade. Grow as an annual garden plant USDA Zones 3 - 10.. Not too tall or too short, not too late blooming, not too wimpy, but just right It only takes a few months after planting for this yellow cosmos to flower with 2.5 inch primrose yellow blooms all around the dense rounded 30 inch x 30 inch bright green foliage.. Cosmos lemonade is a very tall plant growing up to 30 inches tall. A perfect yellow color is sure to enrich any flower garden. Elegant cut flowers and great and attracting butterflies For the best flower production plant in soils of average fertility with moderate water.. For best planting results, sow 6 cosmos seeds per plant and space 24 inches apart. Cut flowers typically last 5 to 9 days when blooms are cut as petals unfold. Flowers fully open in vase. Cosmos attract birds, bees and butterflies..

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