The day I fill a vase of flowers from my
garden will be a very happy day indeed.
I remember saying, at Christmas, that I
wanted to put plants in my garden that would give me flowers to decorate my home.
Well, not that long ago, I bought a book;
The Cut Flower Patch by Louise Curley, see her blog and book details here, and how amazing and inspiring it is. Louise describes her flower patch as a
dedicated area of her allotment to provide her with cut flowers all year round.
She then goes on to describe how you can achieve this using only a small part
of your garden or a raised bed.
This had me gripped, I spent most of a
weekend reading and planning how I can incorporate my own cut flower patch into
my garden. I already had two decent size spaces, either side of the climbing
rose, which I could transform.
After studying the book with numerous cups
of tea (and cake) I made some notes and lists and headed off to the local
nursery to see if I could get some of the plants recommended as plugs, to put
straight into my small plot. I bought a small tray of Cosmos and a small tray
of Dianthus – I’ve no idea what varieties they are, as the labels were very
vague. I didn’t see any other plants that I had on my list, but I was pleased
with what I had, to give me a start.
More reading with more tea (and a bit more
cake) gained me some knowledge on a few seed packets that I had gained as
freebies with magazines – cornflower and wild carrot could be sewn in the
ground now (it was still May when I did this).
As soon as the weather allowed, I was out
in the garden planting my small nursery of plug plants in the top section and
sewing seeds in the bottom section of my now dedicated cut flower patch.
I still have a little space left for
something, not sure what yet, but I find it all very exciting. My only problem
is that I’m impatient to see the seedlings breaking the
surface and the first flowers on the plug plants.
Ahh well, there’s time for more tea (and
cake) then.
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It wasn’t that long after, that I got my
first pot of loveliness.
A pot of Cosmos with a few stems of
Lavender took pride of place on my hearth, making me very happy.
Till next time…
