3 pick-your-own flowers from our seed collection you have to try

September 19, 2024

The new seed collection is online and there is a lot of beauty in our offer. For those who can't see the forest for the trees, I occasionally share my personal favorites. In this blog post, I choose 3 cut flowers that you should definitely try. I don't have to do anything, Angelo! Agreed, but the three top picks below are really worth having in your cutting garden and being able to make beautiful bouquets all summer long. Promise!

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Zinnia ‘Oklahoma’ series

The zinnia Oklahoma comes in different colors, from pink to peach and white. They produce many medium-sized, rounded flowers. They are beautiful, high-quality cut flowers with long stems that stay beautiful in a vase for a long time.

Sowing instructions for zinnias

Zinnias are light germinators. It's better not to cover the seeds with soil.

Spread the seeds superficially over the ground, press lightly.
Keep moist, but not wet.
Zinnias need warmth. You should sow indoors at a temperature of 20 to 22 °C, outdoor sowing can start from May - when the ice saints have passed.
It takes about 10 to 14 days for the first seeds to germinate. The warmer they germinate, the faster everything goes.The provided text does not contain any Dutch sentences to translate into English. It appears to be a series of HTML tags without any visible content. Please provide the correct text for translation.

Helianthus ‘Astra Rose Cream’

I have a new favorite sunflower: the Astra Rose Cream.Its shape is a bit atypical, but the color is amazing. Multiple flower stems grow on the same plant and the sunflowers vary in color between old pink, bronze, and gold. It is very suitable as a cut flower and lasts a long time in a vase.

Sowing instructions for sunflowers

Sunflowers germinate easily and are very grateful additions to your (cutting) garden.

They are dark germinators, so you can push the seeds a little into the ground, so they are covered with some soil.

Keep the soil moist, but not wet.

You can pre-sow them in trays or pots or just start outside from the end of April and the beginning of May.

Tip: alternate the sowing periods. Sow some in May, some in June, and finally a last time in July. Then you have flowers all summer, until the night frost makes its entry. The provided text does not contain any Dutch sentences to translate into English. It appears to be a series of HTML tags without any visible content. Please provide the correct text for translation.The fun of picking starts here! From a small city garden to a picking garden, greenhouse or vegetable garden: Angelo Dorny can make your garden dreams come true. Come join us in the garden! ORDER Scabiosa-mix

If you don't have scabiosa in your garden yet, you absolutely must try it next year.Scabiosa or pincushion flower produces long stems and is an excellent cut flower. There are many beautiful colors available, bees love them, and they even stand out cheerfully in your border. Provide some support or plant them a bit closer together.

Sowing instructions

Scabiosa or pincushion flower is a light germinator. So you do not cover the seeds with a layer of soil.
Place the seeds, which look like little badminton feathers, on the ground, press lightly and water.
Keep the soil moist, but not wet.
Sow in pots or seed trays, or sow directly in the open ground.
Scabiosa germinates after an average of 7 to 10 days under the right conditions.

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In this video, I reveal which three cut flowers absolutely belong in your garden.