Growing a Cut Flower Garden? Learn about the 50 Best Cut Flowers for Cutting Garden that you can grow in pots or garden beds!
Love pretty bouquets and cut flowers in vases? Grow your own cut flower garden by growing one of these 50 cut flowers in your garden.
Best Cut Flowers for Cutting Garden
1. Ageratum
Botanical Name: Ageratum houstonianum
Also known as the Floss flower, its fine-haired velvety and lavender to purple colored flowers are show stealers.
2. Allium
Botanical Name: Allium
Although onions, shallots, and garlic are members of the allium family, it also includes many ornamental flowering varieties that can be grown as cut flowers. Find their names here.
3. Aster
Botanical Name: Astereae
This daisy-like perennial has star-shaped flower heads. This beautiful cut flower blooms in summer and fall in colors of blue, purple, white, red, and pink.
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4. Bird of Paradise
Botanical Name: Strelitzia reginae
The name does justice to it with the striking colors and unusual shape of flowers that look like a bird is about to take flight.
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5. Black-Eyed Susan
Botanical Name: Rudbeckia hirta
You can commonly find these golden yellow beauties in open fields of North America from June to October.
6. Blazing Stars
Botanical Name: Liatris spicata
The long, sturdy flower stems make it one of the best choices for cut flowers.
7. Ranunculus
Botanical Name: Ranunculus
Ranunculus are popular among florists and wedding bouquet designers.
8. Carnations
Botanical Name: Dianthus caryophyllus
These flowers have long been used to express feelings for loved ones and are especially in demand for Valentine’s Day.
9. Chinese Lantern
Botanical Name: Physalis alkekengi
The green-colored papery pods turn to a pretty shade of bright orange and look like a lantern.
10. Cosmos
Botanical Name: Cosmos bipinnatus
The evenly spaced petals with pink, red, white, lavender, orange, or chocolate colors give it an elegant appearance.
11. Daffodil
Botanical Name: Narcissus
This flower has many legends, and it usually blooms in early spring and spring.
12. Dahlia
Botanical Name: Dahlia
If you thought we could miss ‘glorious‘ Dahlias in this list of cutting flowers–Here we are!
13. Gladiolus
Botanical Name: Gladiolus
Mounted over tall flowering stalks reaching over 3 feet tall, the flower head ranges from garnet red, hot pink, yellow, cream, and coral to green in color.
14. Heather
Botanical Name: Calluna vulgaris
Protection, good luck, and solitude are some of the qualities that Heather symbolizes. Traditionally, the flowers were used in Swedish herbal medicine.
15. Lace Flower
Botanical Name: Ammi majus
Clusters of small white flowers cover up the green when it blooms. It looks glorious as a cut flower with a vase life of around 10 days.
16. Larkspur
Botanical Name: Delphinium
It is a favorite among florists because of the vertical arrangement of showy violet-to-blue flowers on the stalks.
17. Lavender
Botanical Name: Lavandula
The sweet-smelling flowers present a wide range of uses in the craft, culinary, and medicinal fields. Learn how to grow lavender.
18. Large-flowered Tickseed
Botanical Name: Coreopsis Grandiflora
If the size matters to you, go for this large-sized daisy-like flower, which will brighten your mood with its bright color.
19. Lily
Botanical Name: Lilium
There are many lily varieties you can grow to add to your flower arrangements, but oriental lilies are best for fragrance.
20. Lily of the Incas
Botanical Name: Alstroemeria
Also known as the Parrot lily, it symbolizes wealth, prosperity, and fortune and has a long vase life of around two weeks.
21. Lisianthus
Botanical Name: Eustoma
These rose-like blooms rise grandly to special occasions and are used mainly in bridal bouquets.
22. Love in a Mist
Botanical Name: Nigella damascena
A web of bracts encases the papery textured flower with petals in charming shades of blue, white, pink, and lavender.
23. Love Lies Bleeding
Botanical Name: Amaranthus caudatus
It’s large and showy! The long tail of the flower head drooping down from the top and covered entirely with crimson-colored blooms.
24. Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia
With a hint of sweet citrus-like fragrance and fluffy blooms, it’s a lovely flowering shrub that can live up to 100 years.
25. Poppy
Botanical Name: Papaver
Poppies are ephemeral flowers; they fade away soon, too, mostly in just two days in vases. You can use them as cut flowers if you’re growing them in your home.
26. Purple Coneflower
Botanical Name: Echinacea purpurea
You’ll be hard-pressed to find a flowering plant that is less maintenance than this one. Both bees and butterflies feast on the nectar-rich coneflower blooms.
27. Rose
Botanical Name: Rosa
Rose needs no introduction! It is a flower loved and grown by everyone.
28. Chrysanthemum
Botanical Name: Chrysanthemum
Mums are reminiscent of fall, and do you know they’re the second most popular flowers in the world, after the roses? Learn how to grow mums in pots.
29. Sunflower
Botanical Name: Helianthus
When growing sunflowers for cut flowers, you can choose single-stem or branching varieties. There are dwarf cultivars available for limited-space gardeners as well.
30. Sweet Pea
Botanical Name: Lathyrus odoratus
Sweet peas are excellent for cut flowers; you can grow annual or perennial varieties. Annual sweet peas are more fragrant!
31. Gerbera Daisy
Botanical Name: Gerbera jamesonii
Gerbera daisy is a florist’s favorite, and you can even grow it indoors. Learn more here!
32. Tulip
Botanical Name: Tulipa
Tulip flowers in the spring are a sight to see, and you can grow them in garden beds and pots.
33. Veronica
Botanical Name: Veronica
Tall veronica varieties make good cut flowers, and they’re low maintenance as well. They come in blue, pink, white, and purple colors.
34. Yarrow
Botanical Name: Achillea filipendulina
You can grow fern-leaf yarrow to add a bright yellow color to your flower arrangements.
35. Zinnia
Botanical Name: Zinnia
One of the most productive and easy-to-grow flowering plants–Zinnias, are awesome, and they don’t fade soon!
36. Lobster-Claws
Botanical Name: Heliconia
You can grow heliconias in your cutting garden to give a tropical touch and get unique blooms as a reward. Keep them smiling on the plant but trim them before they fade to use as cut flowers.
37. Orchid
Botanical Name: Orchidaceae
If roses and tulips are gold, orchids are types of diamonds in the cut flower business.
38. Anthurium
Botanical Name: Anthurium
You can grow anthuriums for their attractive heart-shaped bracts. Add them to your flower arrangements. Also, they can be a great indoor plant.
39. Hyacinth
Botanical Name: Hyacinthus
You can grow both hyacinths and grape hyacinths (Muscari) as cut flowers. Growing them is somewhat similar.
40. Hydrangea
Botanical Name: Hydrangea
Hydrangeas are becoming popular cut flowers, but they don’t last long and wilt.
41. Snapdragon
Botanical Name: Antirrhinum majus
Snapdragons grow best in warm climates. They make a wonderful addition to bouquets and vases.
42. Scabiosa
Botanical Name: Scabiosa
There are some awesome scabiosa varieties like Scabiosa atropurpurea, Scabiosa stellata, and Scabiosa caucasica that have been cut flower staples for years.
43. Geranium
Botanical Name: Pelargonium
Keep the geranium flower clusters in glasses, mason jars, or beautiful vases. They can be lovely tabletop decor pieces. Learn how to grow geranium indoors!
44. Celosia
Botanical Names: Celosia
Celosia has three types–Celosia cristata (Cockscomb), Celosia plumosa (Plume type), and Celosia spicata (Wheat type). All look great in glass vases.
45. Marigold
Botanical Names: Tagetes species
Marigolds are most valued for their fragrant, deep orange and yellow flowers. They make for beautiful cut flowers.
46. Bee Balm
Botanical Name: Monarda punctate
All Bee Balm flowers make a gorgeous cut for citrus fragrance and beauty.
47. Goldenrod
Botanical Name: Solidago
48. Strawflower
Botanical Name: Xerochrysum bracteatum
Strawflower, with its warm tones of orange, yellow, red, and pink, looks like the perfect cut flower in any fall or summer bouquet.
49. Jupiter’s Beard
Botanical Name: Centranthus ruber
Jupiter’s Beard is an everblooming Old World wildflower with clusters of tiny dark red flowers held over deep green foliage.
50. Geum
Botanical Name: Geum coccineum
Pretty and delicate, Geums provide color throughout the summer and make for interesting cut flowers.
