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Use this cut-flower planting chart to establish a succession-planting schedule. Seeding intervals and growing tips for 19 different flower crops from Johnny's.
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Jan 18, 2022 · Crop planning, like I said is an absolute beast of a topic to cover but is vital to being able to launch your flower farming season successfully. Mapping out your growing space, calculating those growing beds, knowing how much of each cultivar you can fit in each bed along with creating your master crop plan with all the details you may find ...
- Combining Different Flower Types
- Using Shades of The Same Colour
- Using Foliage to Bring Out Flower Colour
- Planting Flowers of One Colour
- Creating Different Planting Styles
- Using Colour to Create Depth
- Mixing Styles
Different flower shapes can be grown together to bring depth to a planting scheme, while sticking to two or three bold colours ties the scheme together. In this blue and yellow scheme, yellow kniphofias take centre stage, withRussian sage and pale yellow coreopsis in the foreground, and purple toadflaxdotted throughout. The variety of flower height...
Different shades of the same colour can be used to dramatic effect. Here, bright orange geum 'Tangerine Dream' grows alongside the apricot-pink blooms of Verbascum 'Firedance'. Ornamental grasses act as a foil for both colours, while the pink astrantia'Star of Beauty' offers a contrasting colour, which underlines the unity of the others.
Plants with dark foliage can be used to bring out similarly coloured flowers, while ornamental grasses can soften a planting scheme. Here, the foliage of Hylotelephium 'Jose Aubergine' and Pennisetum advena 'Rubrum' bring out the pink of round-headed garlic, Allium sphaerocephalon, while the pennisetum flowerheads soften the scheme.
Using one colour can be very effective, especially when using different flower shapes and heights. Here, white veronicastrum and Ammi majusbring a cool elegance and beauty to the border, while perfectly bringing out the fresh green of the foliage.
Sometimes plants can be used together to create a certain look or fit a certain style. Here, agapanthus and Stipa tenuissimawork in an informal, prarie-style scheme, perfect for a hot, dry border.
Close shades of the same or different plants can work well. This combination of dark and light purple alliumsbrings greater depth and variety than would be achieved with just one variety. This technique can help to make small gardens appear bigger.
Mixing formal and informal planting can create a stylish, contemporary feel. Here, a formally clipped box square sets off the wafting catmint spires and rigid stems of the brightly coloured cirsium. Bronze-leaf fennel and Stipa tenuissima unify the scheme, while the euphorbiain the background sets off the different shades of blue and pink.
- BBC Gardeners' World Magazine
- 4 min
- Jeff Somers
- Radishes. What’s great about radishes is they make do with whatever soil you have to work with, and they grow incredibly fast—literally in three to four weeks.
- Lettuce. All garden greens (including spinach and arugula) grow very easily—and very quickly—but lettuce is probably the easiest. A cool-weather crop, just plant your seeds in the spring and fall, water them regularly, and in about 4 weeks you’ll have gorgeous baby lettuces popping up, ready to eat.
- Green beans. Green beans are not only delicious, but they store well. They can be frozen or pickled, so if your bumper crop of green beans is a little too bumper (which can certainly happen, as they’re easy to grow) you don’t have to mulch them.
- Onions. Onions are incredibly useful in the kitchen, and incredibly easy to grow. You can either buy dormant bulbs, which will mature faster, or start with seeds.
To help you put the principles of succession planting to work, we've developed calculators, checklists, and other resources. For succession flower farming, a good starting point would be Johnny's 7-Day & 14-Day Interval Planting Charts for Flowers.
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Jan 17, 2024 · Types of flowers can range from annuals to perennials, climbers to ground cover, and spring flowers to summer flowers. Flowers also come in a variety of different shapes, sizes and colours. Annual flowers bloom and set seed within a year.
