If I Were Starting A Cut Flower Garden For the First Time, This is What I’d Want to Know 🌸Start small. If you love it after the first season go bigger next year. 🌼Start your garden from seed. You’ll find so many more varieties and beautiful flowers to grow not limiting yourself to what is available at the nursery. 🌸Begin with easy flowers that are not difficult to germinate and are easy to care for. Think zinnias, strawflowers, celosia, sunflowers, snapdragons, Tithonia and calendula. 🌼Support tall varieties early. Growth happens fast! 🌸Pinch back plants like zinnias, dahlias, snapdragons, larkspur, etc. when they are about 8-12” tall. It’s tough to cut it back but the plant will be bushier and produce a lot more flowers if you do. 🌼If you grow a cut flower garden in containers, go with larger pots to accommodate the mature size of plants and won’t dry out as easily in the summer heat. 🌸Plant your cut flower garden in full sun. That means the location is getting at least 6-8 hours a day of sun. 🌼Fertilize your flowers - they need it to produce a lot of blooms all season long. 🌸Water the base of plants in the earlier part of the day and avoid overhead watering. 🌼Space plants according to seed packet directions and thin out those seedlings. Proper spacing ensures healthy, thriving plants. #flowergardenideas #flowergarden #gardeningforbeginners #gardeningisfun #flowergardening #cutflowergarden #growingflowers #cottagegarden #gardeninginspiration #lovemygarden #flowers #cutflowersfrommygarden #handbouquet #cutflowers #flowerchild #growwithme #gardenersoftiktok #gardeningtiktok