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| Hi - My daughter's getting married in September '06. She wants me to grow the flowers for the wedding - colors burgundy, peach and beige. I grew great Glads and Hollyhocks this year, but am not real good with flowers in general. I'm a veggie gal... Most of my flowers were pretty well spent by Sept. this year. Can anyone tell me what flowers can be grown fairly easily to harvest in Sept?
Thanks so much for any help you can give!! |
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| I know there are lots of people here who know much more than I, but Dahlias would be a beautiful addition to any bouquet. |
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| Sunflowers are great and easy to grow. Chianti is a nice burgandy color. There are also a few others in that range. Zinnias flower profusely and come in an assortment of colors. I grew "Profusion Mix" and had some peach and some beige flowers this summer. You might also want to try some mums- they look great in arrangements. I'm in a different zone than you, but I had all of these flowering in my garden in September. Congrats to your daughter and good luck! I am going to grow some of my own flowers for my wedding next September, too. Tracy |
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- Posted by GrannyMarsh z4-5 U.P. MICH (My Page) on Fri, Nov 18, 05 at 9:21
| I'll second the dahlia suggestion. They come in a wide variety of colors and shapes and hold up well when cut. Perhaps some annual statice; zinnias, although they can be bothered by mildew; coneflowers; some of the herbs have nice flowers- small but good for fillers. Hydrangea might be a good choice. |
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- Posted by GrannyMarsh z4-5 U.P. MICH (My Page) on Fri, Nov 18, 05 at 9:22
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| I'm not in your zone either, but here are some things that are in bloom then. Calendula- johnny's catalog as 'antares flashback' that has blooms in shades of orange, peach, apricot, yellow, and cream with maroon/red undersides. Amaranth- opopeo or hopi red dye are great burgundy vertical accents Cosmos- it comes in burgandy also. Gaillardia- (blanket flower) Grains and grasses- Purple majesty millet, is beautiful with sun flowers. Wheat, oats, pampas grass, broom corn for the beige. Statice -sunset mix(johnny's) blooms in apricot orange peach and red. Cut the first flush off and you should have a second flush in the fall. Strawflower- apricot/peach mix (johnny's) Sunflowers- My favorites are moulon rouge an almost choclate sunflower, and bashful which is a dwarf sunflower that has tinge of burgandy near the disc. Yarrow- a great filler it comes in apricot shades and can bloom first year. Zinnias and dahlias come in many colors as stated above. I 2nd the mention of herbs. I like to use them in my bouqets. Dill seedheads are a buff color and add a nice touch. Bronze fennel has an anise smell that many enjoy. I also use basil, dark opal or purple ruffles work well. Sage, rosemary, parsley and oregano work as fillers also. |
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- Posted by MDGardenGurl MD Zone 7 (My Page) on Fri, Nov 18, 05 at 22:15
| Thank you all so much for your suggestions! There are many that I hadn't even thought of at all. I'll have Dahlias for sure...I have a friend who has a zillion different varieties of them to share. Glads, too - I had some beautiful peach and deep red colors, and green, for unusual accents. I'd like to get some Cannas with the variegated green and red leaves, definitely baby's breath. I'll grow cosmos, zinnias, burgundy sunflowers and calendulas. I hadn't thought about using wheat and millet or grasses for the beige color - great suggestion! I've also got a nice bunch of lemongrass for fillers, and herbs of all kinds. I will probably purchase roses, also. This is so exciting! :) Thanks again to you all! |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 Adrian,MI (My Page) on Mon, Nov 21, 05 at 10:23
| may i be blunt.. with all due respect .. and all good intent .... AND THANK FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY ... i did this myself ... IT WAS THE WORST SUMMER OF MY GARDENING LIFE .... i spent all summer stressing over the flowers .. like i didnt have anything else to worry about with EVERYTHING ELSE about the wedding ... ever have a hail storm in august in MD??? i dont understand if you are planning on doing all the flowers.. or just some ... what i ended up doing... i found a good florist who was willing to work with me ... we ordered what we needed with the understanding that i would bring all additional flowers that i could to add to it all ... it did end up working out very well .... but that was because i had a failsafe plan ... PLEASE DO THAT FOR YOURSELF ALSO ... you cant call florists a week before the wedding and hope you can find someone to cover for what ma nature did to your garden ... i ended up taking 5 five gal pails with about 100 EXTRA roses ... it ended up being wonderful .... PRIORITIZE AND DECIDE IF THE DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE WEEDING.. YOU WANT TO SPEND IT COVERED IN DIRT IN YOUR GARDEN.. or decide whether there will be about a million other things that will be more important ... like the dress .. the food.. the hall ... the honeymoon packing.. the guests.. the rehersal dinner ... the.. the.. you get the idea ... i wish you and your daughter all the luck in the world ... ken PS: is she thinking this will save money ... or out of respect for you [from your bio i suspect it is the latter] .... the money and labor you put into it all would be better spent by you by actually buying the flowers and adding some floral goodies .... this should be about you and her and her wedding .... not about your garden ... and being about as hardcore in the garden as you seem .. i had the rehersal dinner in my garden ... after rehersal .. we all just met back at the house and had pizza and relaxed ... i got all the accolades i needed for the garden ... and it helped relax me for the big day ... i keep rambling on ... sorry .... thanks for bringing back a part of my wedding that i let slip out of my memory ... men arent supposed to well up about all this .. are they???? |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 Adrian,MI (My Page) on Mon, Nov 21, 05 at 12:10
| what a typo.....lol PRIORITIZE AND DECIDE IF THE DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE WEEDING.. YOU WANT TO SPEND IT COVERED IN DIRT IN YOUR GARDEN.. that should have been the DAY BEFORE THE WEDDING ... lol ken |
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- Posted by quaker_paula (My Page) on Mon, Jul 30, 07 at 11:11
| Hi, It is now July 2007, and I wish I had encountered this topic three months ago. I would have planted some of these flowers mentioned. I've been stressing out over our drought-impacted flowers and hoards of Japanese beetles. The sunflowers took forever to take, and something kept eating them. What was a beautiful garden last year looks very sad this year (I moved here last year, so I feel guilty for undoing the previous owner's work). I have talked with vendors at the local farmer's market and may bring in a bunch of flowers for table decorations--that is helping me keep a little more unstressed. I have enough to occupy every day between now and the wedding (in three weeks), just picking Japanese beetles off the garden and crab apples off the ground! Ken's advice has helped me keep things in perspective, and everyone else's advice will go into my notebook for planning NEXT year's garden! :D |
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