Instructions and tips for cutting and air-drying ornamental flowers: location for drying, selecting flowers to dry, prepping, and how to know when your dried materials are ready for arrangements and crafting.
Key Growing Information
Dusty Miller | Key Growing Information
Here is the essential information for growing dusty miller (Jacobaea maritima, formerly Senecio cineraria) from seed: sowing, transplanting to flower beds or cutting gardens, light and soil requirements, spacing, hardiness, and harvesting.
Profitable margins at the market rely on building efficiencies into the bouquet-making and operation, plus branding that emphasizes "couture" over "commodity." Here's advice from 3 professional flower farmers on how to convey the inherent value of your bouquets through method and presentation.
A visual celebration of the beautiful, abundant, and unexpected floral design elements that seem to explode during that wonderful transitional time between summer and fall. Enjoy over two dozen examples of regional floral designs using flowers, foliages, herbs, seeds, pods, edibles and vines from across the creative, wide-ranging Slow Flowers Community.
In commercial cut-flower production and the backyard cutting garden, fillers and foliage form the backbone of cut-flower arrangements. We asked flower farmers from three different regions for recommendations.
Learn about Dusty Miller, a nice option for cut flower fillers and design work. We compare three varieties: 'New Look', 'Silverdust', and 'Candicans' and provide some harvest tips.