Growing flowers and having your own allotment is surging in popularity in the UK. With owning my first garden this summer I am experimenting with growing vegetables and I thought it would be fun to try and grow some cut flowers.

Over the coming months I will be sharing with you how I am planning my flower plot, what I plant, and what I learnt from the process to help those of you who are considering growing your own wedding flowers.

To begin with I am sharing the flowers I have chosen and how I sowed my seeds…

 

 What You Need

 

/ Compost / Seed Trays / Somewhere light and warm / Water / Seeds / Tools / Gloves / Labels /

 

Step 1

 

Fill your trays/pots with compost up to approximately 25% full.

 

Step 2

 

Water.

 

Step 3

 

Sprinkle your seeds into rows.

 

Step 4

 

 

Label your rows.

 

Step 5

 

 

Water again.

 

 

 

Step 6

 

Sow all of your seeds.

 

Step 7

 

Store in a light and warm space. Such as an indoor windowsill or greenhouse and keep well watered until your seedlings appear.

 

A Few Things to Consider

 

When choosing your wedding flowers, find flowers in the same blooming and sewing season as one another and your wedding.

Simply look on the back of your seed packet to see the timings, best conditions for your seeds and full instructions.

Consider your colour scheme, and decide on the shape and height of the blooms you wish to grow.

Look for cut flower seeds in the garden centre.

You can skip this first step by purchasing the seedling plugs, however this will work out more expensive.

Flowers such as Peonies and Dahlias are gown from tubers, which I will be covering soon too. So do make sure you research thoroughly before purchasing.

 

My Seeds

 

Sweet Peas in multicolour & white. (Which will need a support structure.)

Larkspur in white for height in arrangements.

Chrysanthemum in rainbow mix.

Bishop’s Flower.

Calendula Officianlis in red orange.

Gypsophila. (Which will be sown directly outdoors).

PLUS we have thrown some wild flower seed bombs in the garden.

 

I have also some left over seeds to try planting directly outdoors, so it will be interesting to see how the two different methods compare.

I will be back with the next instalment where I plant the tubers and seedlings out into the flowerbed 🙂

Happy gardening XOXO Lou