Love pretty bouquets and cut flowers in vases? Grow your own cut flower garden by growing one of these 50 cut flowers in your garden.
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Best Cut Flowers for Cutting Garden
1. Ageratum
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Botanical Name: Ageratum houstonianum
Also known as the Floss flower, its fine-haired velvety and lavender to purple colored flowers are show stealers.
2. Allium
Botanical Name: Allium
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Although onions, shallots, and garlic are members of the allium family, it also includes many ornamental flowering varieties that can be grown as cut flowers. Find their names here.
3. Aster
Botanical Name: Astereae
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This daisy-like perennial has star-shaped flower heads. This beautiful cut flower blooms in summer and fall in colors of white, blue, purple, white, red, and pink.
4. Bird of Paradise
Botanical Name: Strelitzia reginae
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The name does justice to it with the striking colors and unusual shape of flowers that look like a bird is about to take flight.
5. Black-Eyed Susan
Botanical Name: Rudbeckia hirta
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You can commonly find these golden yellow beauties in open fields of North America from June to October.
6. Blazing Stars
Botanical Name: Liatris spicata
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The long sturdy flower stems make it one of the best-cut flowers.
7. Ranunculus
Botanical Name: Ranunculus
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Ranunculus are popular among florists and wedding bouquet designers.
8. Carnations
Botanical Name: Dianthus caryophyllus
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These flowers have long been used to express feelings for loved ones and are especially in demand for Valentine’s day.
9. Chinese Lantern
Botanical Name: Physalis alkekengi
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The green-colored papery pods turn to a pretty shade of bright orange and look like a lantern.
10. Cosmos
Botanical Name: Cosmos bipinnatus
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The evenly spaced petals with pink, red, white, lavender, orange, or chocolate colors give it an elegant appearance.
11. Daffodil
Botanical Name: Narcissus
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This flower has many legends, and it usually blooms in early spring and spring.
12. Dahlia
Botanical Name: Dahlia
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If you thought we could miss ‘glorious‘ Dahlias in this list of cutting flowers–Here we are!
13. Gladiolus
Botanical Name: Gladiolus
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Mounted over tall flowering stalks reaching over 3 feet tall, the flower head range from garnet red, hot pink, yellow, cream, and coral to green in color.
14. Heather
Botanical Name: Calluna vulgaris
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Protection, good luck, and solitude are some of the qualities that heather symbolizes. Traditionally the flowers were used in Swedish herbal medicine.
15. Lace Flower
Botanical Name: Ammi majus
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Clusters of small white flowers cover up the green when it blooms. It looks glorious as a cut flower with a vase life of around 10 days.
16. Larkspur
Botanical Name: Delphinium
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It’s a favorite among florists because of the vertical arrangement of showy violet-to-blue flowers on the stalks.
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17. Lavender
Botanical Name: Lavandula
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The sweet-smelling flowers present a wide range of use in the craft, culinary, and medicinal fields. Learn how to grow lavender.
18. Large-flowered Tickseed
Botanical Name: Coreopsis Grandiflora
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If the size matters to you, go for this large-sized daisy-like flower which will brighten your mood with its bright color.
19. Lily
Botanical Name: Lilium
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There are many lily varieties you can grow to add to your flower arrangements, but oriental lilies are best for fragrance.
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20. Lily of the Incas
Botanical Name: Alstroemeria
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Also known as the Parrot lily, it symbolizes wealth, prosperity, and fortune and has a long vase life of around two weeks.
21. Lisianthus
Botanical Name: Eustoma
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These rose-like blooms rise grandly to special occasions and are used mainly in bridal bouquets.
22. Love in a Mist
Botanical Name: Nigella damascena
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A web of bracts encases the papery textured flower with petals in the charming shade of blue, white, pink, and lavender.
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23. Love Lies Bleeding
Botanical Name: Amaranthus caudatus
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It’s large, and it’s showy! What with the long tail of the flower head drooping down from the top and covered entirely with crimson-colored blooms?
24. Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia
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With a hint of sweet citrus-like fragrance and fluffy blooms, it’s a lovely flowering shrub that can live up to 100 years.
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25. Poppy
Botanical Name:Papaver
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Poppies are ephemeral flowers; they fade away soon, too, mostly in just two days in vases. You can use them as cut flowers if you’re growing them in your home.
26. Purple Coneflower
Botanical Name: Echinacea purpurea
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You’ll be hard-pressed to find a low-maintenance flowering plant than this one. Both bees and butterflies feast on the nectar-rich coneflower blooms.
27. Rose
Botanical Name: Rosa
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Rose needs no introduction! It’s a flower loved and grown by everyone.
28. Chrysanthemum
Botanical Name: Chrysanthemum
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Mums are reminiscent of fall, and do you know they’re the second most popular flowers in the world, after the roses? Learn how to grow mums in pots.
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29. Sunflower
Botanical Name: Helianthus
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When growing sunflowers for cut flowers, you can choose single-stem or branching varieties. There are dwarf cultivars available as well for limited-space gardeners.
30. Sweet Pea
Botanical Name: Lathyrus odoratus
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Sweet peas are excellent for cut flowers; you can grow annual or perennial varieties. Annual sweet peas are more fragrant!
31. Gerbera Daisy
Botanical Name: Gerbera jamesonii
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Gerbera daisy is a florist’s favorite, and you can even grow it indoors. Learn more here!
32. Tulip
Botanical Name: Tulipa
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Tulip flowers in the spring are a sight to see, and you can grow them in garden beds and pots.
33. Veronica
Botanical Name: Veronica
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Tall veronica varieties make good-cut flowers, and they’re low maintenance as well. They come in blue, pink, white, and purple colors.
34. Yarrow
Botanical Name: Achillea filipendulina
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You can grow fern-leaf yarrow to add bright yellow color to your flower arrangements.
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35. Zinnia
Botanical Name: Zinnia
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One of the most productive and easy-to-grow flowering plants–Zinnias are awesome, and they don’t fade soon!
36. Lobster-Claws
Botanical Name: Heliconia
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You can grow heliconias in your cutting garden to give a tropical touch and get unique blooms as a reward. Keep them smiling on the plant but trim them before they fade to use as cut flowers.
37. Orchid
Botanical Name: Orchidaceae
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If roses and tulips are gold, orchids are types of diamonds in the cut flower business.
38. Anthurium
Botanical Name: Anthurium
You can grow anthuriums for their attractive heart-shaped bracts. Add them to your flower arrangements. Also, they become successful indoor plants.
39. Hyacinth
Botanical Name: Hyacinthus
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You can grow both hyacinths and grape hyacinths (Muscari) as cut flowers. Growing them is somewhat similar.
40. Hydrangea
Botanical Name: Hydrangea
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Hydrangeas are becoming popular cut flowers, but they don’t last long and wilt. These tips at wikiHow will help.
41. Snapdragon
Botanical Name: Antirrhinum majus
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Snapdragons grow best in the warm climate. They make a wonderful addition to bouquets and vases.
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42. Scabiosa
Botanical Name: Scabiosa
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There are some awesome scabiosa varieties like Scabiosa atropurpurea, Scabiosa stellata, and Scabiosa caucasica that have been cut flower staples for years.
43. Geranium
Botanical Name: Pelargonium
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Keep the geranium flower clusters in glasses, mason jars, or beautiful vases. They can be lovely tabletop decor pieces. Learn how to grow geranium indoors!
44. Celosia
Botanical Names: Celosia
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Celosia has three types–Celosia cristata (Cockscomb), Celosia plumosa (Plume type), and Celosia spicata (Wheat type). All look great in glass vases.
45. Marigold
Botanical Names: Tagetes species
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Marigolds are most valued for their fragrant, deep orange and yellow flowers. They make for beautiful cut flowers.
46. Bee Balm
Botanical Name: Monarda punctate
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All Bee Balm flowers make a gorgeous cut for citrus fragrance and beauty.
47. Goldenrod
Botanical Name: Solidago
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48. Strawflower
Botanical Name: Xerochrysum bracteatum
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Strawflower, with its warm tones of orange, yellow, red, and pink, look like the perfect cut flower in any fall or summer bouquet.
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49. Jupiter’s Beard
Botanical Name: Centranthus ruber
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Jupiter’s Beard is an everblooming Old World wildflower with clusters of tiny dark red flowers held over deep green foliage.
50. Geum
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Botanical Name: Geum coccineum
Pretty and delicate, Geums provide color throughout the summer and make for interesting cut flowers.
Which one is your favorite? Or we missed your favorite cut flowers in this list? Let us know in the comments!
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