Summer Annuals - Cut Flower Plant Sale

Spring is so great, and oh ya'll.

SUMMER FLOWERS>>> let's be honest.

In fact, that lush, full look you see in flower farm marketing or in photos that are in tall, cultivated rows with thousands of blooms? Those are summer rows.

And summer flowers are magical for two reasons:

One, if you are new to growing or need simple: these are where you start.

And two, most summer cut flowers are what we call cut-and-come-again varieties. Meaning literally the more you cut and harvest the flowers .... the more they send up new ones. They enjoy being harvested from and get bigger and bigger every week until first frost in October.

And right now, mid-May, is when they get their start.

Garden nurseries and big box stores definitely have flowers. But they're landscape varieties - meaning they are going to stay pretty small and they aren't cut-and-come-again. They're meant to just be ornamental in the yard.

The kinds we grow? They've been bred to be harvested from. Long stems, pastel, aesthetic color palettes, and good in a vase.

And we've got a bunch of extra to share with you - the same stuff we grow right here on our cut flower farm during our summer annuals sale This Friday, May 8th from 10:00 a.m. - noon. (parking and line open at 9:40!)

(be sure to hit RSVP in this link to just help us gauge traffic and staff, it helps us so much!!)

Here's what we've got in terms of summer annuals:

Zinnias

Johnny's series in ballerina, linen and aurora, and beautiful pink illumination

Cosmos

Cupcake pink, apricotta, afternoon white

Celosia

Shimmer series, and a few flamingo pink

Persian Cress

Our favorite fast-growing sparkly green filler

Summer Snapdragons

A few groups 3-4 snapdragons that thrive in the summer!

Sunflowers

Procut series in White and Nite

Amaranth

Just a few emerald tassels variety

We will have a few dozen trays of each of the above, but not a ton. What we really have a lot of this year are dahlias:

Boom Boom White

BQ Ginnie

Bracken Rose

Levi’s Blood Moon

Levi’s Bubblegum

Levi’s Cantaloupe

Levi’s Sunfire

Levi’s Leprechaun

Levi’s Mystery

Cecil

Coral Treasure

Coralie

Coseytown Penny

Crichton Honey

Florelie Antique

Gabbie’s Wish

Hollyhill Paper Moon

Lee’s Amberdrop

Lee’s Coral Nymph

Lee’s Ellis

Lee’s Ember

Lee’s Flute Loop

Lee’s Grand Buddha

Lee’s Halo

Lee’s Melon

Lee’s Swiss Miss

Linda’s Baby

Marvelous

Mystery

Platinum Blonde

RM Berry Kiss

RM Lure

River’s Angie

River’s Can’t Elope

Rock Run Ashley

Rose Toscano

Sienna Flutter

Skeena Glitter

Skeena Posh

Truly Scrumptious

Valley Porcupine

Waltzing Matilda

Wyn’s New Pastel

Above are a few photos of my favs we will have at the sale!!

And guess what? If you're like wait, I don't really know dahlias that well.. .well I made these little slides to break them down a bit. They really are so easy and such a special, generous flower!

I am so pumped to be able to share all this beauty with you!!! I can't wait to see pictures of backyards and grow boxes full of cut flowers this summer. There's nothing like it!

xx

Kailin