I am really interested in knowing what are the 10-Top Best perennials for cutting. Could anyone help me? Thank you so much!
What are the 10-Top Best perennials for cutting?
David_V
Sep 15, 2001
I'm just getting started, so I can't offer 10 true perennials for cutting, but I especially love the blooms of dahlias, coneflower, black-eye susans, and garden phlox.
Delores
Baa
Sep 17, 2001
Only 10? Oh dear umm how do I choose?
OK Verbena bonariensis, Lily, Delphinium, Honeysuckle, Agrimony, Double feverfew, Meadowsweet, Aquilegia, Lavender, Dame's Rocket, Dianthus. For foliage: Sage, Lady's Mantle, Fennel, Ivy, Mint, Aquilegia, Artemisia, Rosemary, Angelica, Lemon Balm.
Irises!
Iries and Glads
Liatris, sweet william, peonies, lilies, shasta daisy, lupines, delphinium, asters, gaillardia, and lychnis. I also so like the foliage of artemisias, and lambs ears with cut flowers. Even asparagus fronds are nice to add.
The easiest are chocolate cosmos, soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) and mentha species... I haven't tried many others.
My vote: Dahlias!
They last soooo long in a vase (or arrangement),
and there are so many different varieties/colors
to choose from!
Oscarsdotter :-)
Roses, roses, roses and oh yes, roses....with baby's breath, ferns
and shata daisy.
"eyes"
Did you mean cutting for a bouquet or cutting for propagation? Mums for propagation. Roses for the vase.
David_V
I gave you my annual on the annual page. Here is my perennials. Peonies, Rose (old english), Limonium (misty), Delphnium, Lavendar, Echinops, Stachys, Veronicas, Achillea, Artemsia.
As you can see flowers on both my perennial and annual page can be used fresh or dried. Bryan
Thanks to Poppysue for posting a picture of the Clara Curtis Chrysanthemum, I now know what is growing in my yard...I bought 1 plant,(without a name on it) and it has spread to give me many blooms. I love "airy" flower arrangements and this pretty pink flower is great for that..plus, they seem to last forever. Mine have been on the table for a week now and still looks good.Thanks Poppysue, I have been trying to find out what I had.Knew it was a chrysanthemum of some kind...Gin