Beginner Gardening: Cutting Gardens Part II, 1 by oceangirl

oceangirl wrote:
Flowers are gorgeous in the garden, and I hate to cut them and take them away. It would be nice to have a cutting garden, even if it is just a corner of the vegetable garden. I think I would still hesitate to cut them, but my love of having flowers indoors would win out.

This thread was started in the annuals forum, but cut flowers can be anything from bulbs to shrubs, so I decided to move the thread here.

What are your favorite cut flowers- if you can bear to cut them? (I struggle with that.) Please share your tips for cutting bulbs, branches, annuals, Dahlias, Hydrangeas, or whatever suits your fancy. I'd love to see pictures of favorite cutting flowers in the garden, and in vases.

This is a nice shrub for cutting or forcing, Flowering Quince.

I will add the link to the old thread. Please bear with me, I've never started a second part to a thread before.