Some of the flowers from our cut flower garden are coming into bloom. Most of our annual cut flowers don’t bloom until late July, although I just noticed a few dwarf sunflowers are just starting to bloom already. These three perannial plants get an earlier start.
Jupiter's Beard flowers
Jupiter’s Beard is a drought-resistant and durable plant in the garden. It is also a good choice for a butterfly garden. Jupiter’s Beard’s clusters of small dark-pink flowers work well as a long-lasting cut flower. I’ve poked around some online trying to find out how Jupiter’s Beard got it’s curious name. So far I’ve found nothing on the subject.
Coreopsis flowers
Coreopsis is another good plant for the garden. Like Jupiter’s Beard, the plant is very hearty, and blooms all summer long if you keep deadheading the spent flowers. As cut flowers, the blooms usually don’t last a week, but they do add cheer to a mixed flower bouquet.
Delphinium blossom close up
Delphinium’s tall spike of massed blossoms are a striking addition to a flower arrangement. Here I’ve focused in on just a few flowers in the spike.
Our yarrow is just about ready to bloom. The dalhias, the real mainstay of our cut flower perannials, are still busy growing folage, and won’t be blooming for a while yet. Sunflowers, China asters, and zinnias are our main annual cut flowers, along with a half-dozen or so other flowers to make things more interesting.
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