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A Cut Flower Garden of Perennial Favorites

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Cutting gardens are often designed using annual flowers, because annual flowers will repeat bloom throughout the season. However there is no rule that says you can't have a perennial cutting garden. Many perennials will repeat flower if kept dead headed, which is exactly what a cutting garden is for. And since not all perennial flowers bloom at the same time, your bouquets and arrangements will take on a seasonal flair and provide you with ever changing variety.
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Free Garden Design - Perennial Cutting GardenA Garden of Bouquets, Year After YearPeony 'Alma Hansen'#1 - Peonies, To Start the Cutting Season Off RightLilium 'Star Gazer' (Oriental Lily)#2 - Lilies Have Come Back into Popularity as Cut Flowers in a Big Way Phlox 'David'#3 - Phlox Look Better in Your Arrangments than in the Garden
Growing Peonies#4 - Another Peony, but in a Whole Different LookEryngium planum - Sea Holly#5 - As Beautiful as it is PricklyHelenium autumnale 'Moerheim Beauty'#6 - Another Flower That's Much More Beautiful Than Its NamePapaver orientale - Oriental Poppy#7 - Oriental Poppies Can Last Longer in a Vase than in the Garden
Liatris spicata (Gay Feather, Dense Blazing Star) 'Kobold'#8 -One of the Best Repeat Blooming Spiky BluesAchillea millefolium (Yarrow) 'Cerise Queen'#9 - Yarrow Performs Well Anywhere the Sun ShinesPeach Leaved Bellflower#10 -There are Many Bellflowers, but Campanula persicifolia Makes the CutPlatycodon grandiflorus - Balloon Flower#11 - A Favorite for Both Its Color and Its Popping Nature
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