I am super gay and love cut flowers. However, I'm also super simple, lazy, and cheap (haha).
Traditionally, zinnias, bachelor's buttons, dahlias, and cosmos are favorites of mine because they're easy to grow, easy to cut, and easy to arrange.
What else should I try this year? I'm open to any suggestions, but especially those which can be grown in small areas or in large containers and have a long bloom season.
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Get a perennial bed started, even if small. It may take a year out to get enough flowers for cutting, but worth it! Suggestions include coneflower, shasta daisy, a salvia. Russian sage is easy, just needs to be cut back now and again. It has nice light lavender blooms, bees all over it, and makes a good 'fill' in your cut flower vase.
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No, not leaf spot like zinnias get, this starts at the base of the plant, and kills off leaves one by one-put the plant survives. I am going to use a systemic fungicide/insecticide this year and see if this helps. I just love this flower, and it grows well in the large pot I have it in. I was hoping Elizabeth would weigh in on this, I'm sure she's had some experience with Gerber daisies.