I got all the seeds for these from GeoSeed. GeoSeed has a terrific selection and great prices. They cater to people growing plants commercially and there are no pictures or instructions in their catalog. However you can find this information so easily now on the web that it is no problem. Geo is for George Park of Park Seed.
I'm only growing my favorite things and below are the ones I chose followed by the space I'm allowing for each.
Delphinium 'Aurora'
This is a really nice hybrid perennial delphinium. It is about 4-5 feet tall and does not need staking. The seeds are not cheap - about $14 for 100. Delphinium seed is only good for a couple years so I planted about half of them and of course nearly every one came up. I'm going to put in 40 of the plants and will give the rest away. 40sf
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| Benary's Giant Zinnias |
Zinnia Benary's Giant Mixed
This is the standard cut flower zinnia. They are large and productive. I direct seed almost nothing but I do direct seed these. 16sf
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| Annual Butterfly weed |
Annual Butterfly Weed (Asclepias curassavica)
These are really nice. More than once I have seen Monarch caterpillars on them. 12 sf
Yarrow - 'Cassis' (Achillea millefolium)
This is a nice crimson red yarrow. Yarrow is really easy from seed. 8 sf
Calendula 'Indian Prince'
I like calendula but did not use them after awhile for the cut flower business because the stems were not always long enough. For me I can be more flexible. 8 sf
Sweet William - 'Super Duplex'
This is the double, biennial Sweet William. You can start them as late as July and they will look great the following year. 8 sf
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| Lisianthus and Apple Blossom snapdragon |
Lisianthus 'Marachi' mix
'Marachi ' is a double lisianthus. Seed was not available to non-wholesale growers until recently so I have never grown this other than from plugs. 12 sf
Snapdragon - 'Opus' Apple Blossom
Opus is a greenhouse variety of snapdragon but they grown just fine outside. Appleblossom is a combination white and soft pink which I really like. 12 sf
Cosmos - Double Click mix
I did not use cosmos much for the business because it is tedious to cut enough to make much of a show, but they are nice flowers and easy to grow. 8 sf
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| Amazon Duo |
Amazon Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)
Amazon is an annual Sweet William that blooms the first year from seed. They come in three colors - rose, cherry and purple. I got 'Duo' which has Cherry and Purple. 12 sf
Dianthus 'Rainbow Loveliness'
I wrote about these in a post on Fragrant Plants. I saved seed from a mix of colors as well as white ones so I will probably plant the mix for cutting. 8 sf
Sunflower (Helianthus annus)
I got the pollenless 'Magic Orange'. I really like orange sunflowers but I suspect this is more gold because it is a single stemmed sunflower and not a branching variety. It seems like all the true orange ones are branching but hope springs eternal. 12 sf
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| Dahlia 'Appleblossom' |
Dahlias
I am growing a couple dahlias for cut flowers. The one pictured below is a collarette called 'Appleblossom'. Most collarettes do not cut well but this one does. 8 sf
Last year there was still monarda in the field where I used to grow flowers and I hope to grab some starts from there early in the spring. I used to have 'SummerWine' and 'Jacob Cline'. 'Jacob Cline' is pute red and they are blooming around the 4th of July. I used to combine them with blue delphiniums and whatever white flowers I had to make red white and blue bouquets. I always thought the monarda looked like fireworks.8sf
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
This is a native plant which grows fine outside a swamp but does appreciate some water. 8 sf
Annual dianthus (Dianthus caryophyllus)
These are the annual version
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