Cool Flowers Garden Tour // Cut Flower Garden Hardy Annuals // Northlawn Flower Farm
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Published 2022-06-15
When you plant cool flowers depends on first and last frost dates. Whether or not a flower should be planted in fall or spring is dependent on hardiness zone. If a flower is hardy in your zone, it should be planted in the fall. If a flower is not hardy in your zone it should be planted in very early spring. Lots more information on the how, when, and why in this video - • Fall Planting Hardy Annuals // Cool F...
Here is how I do things in 6b with a first frost of Oct 21 and last frost of April 15th
Directly sown in the fall 6-8 weeks before the first frost -
Larkspur, Bachelors Buttons, Orlaya, Nigella, Bells of Ireland (did not grow this year but works well)
Transplant started inside and planted out in the fall 6-8 weeks before the first frost-
Dara, Sweet William
Directly sown in early spring 6-8 weeks before the last frost -
Cerinthe, Bupleurum, Corn Cockle, Saponaria, Sweet Peas, Starflower, Poppies
Transplants planting out in early spring 6-8 weeks before the last frost -
Snapdragons, Scabiosa, Ammi, Lambada, Foxglove, Feverfew (have tried in fall - usually lose them to moisture), Lisianthus (I'm sorry I forgot to show this. It is currently budded up), Strawflower
There are additional cool flowers, but these are the ones I'm growing this year.
All Comments (21)
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“He wasn’t nearly as enthused as I was.” 😆 Your sense of humor is appreciated.
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Im a new subber so many of your older videos are new to me and im 49 yrs old grown just about every reg plant and succulents, cacti, etc. ive never seen white poppies like those! I can't believe it! Im getting some of those! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
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It was from you that I learned about Cool Flowers and I will be forever grateful. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
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Nichole, I live in western part of ky. Summers get almost as hot as Texas, but we are more humid and have damp cold winters compared to Tx., (I lived there in Central Texas 30 plus yrs). Im telling you this for a reference. What I do with Larkspur, poppys, bachelor buttons and zinnias. as soon as the seed head turns brown and dry, I will sprinkle the seeds directly after deadheading right away to the area of my choosing. I let our rain do its job and every spring I have a strong show. I just walk around like fairy god mother with her hand sprinkling them here and there. its kinda fun to see how the combinations work
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You have the best videos on cool flowers I have learned so much thanks for sharing your knowledge and beautiful garden. Here in Oregon zone 8B.
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Larkspurs are amazing!
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I planted bleupleurum for the first time thanks to you. I love it for arranging.
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thanks for info on fall planted flowers being transplanted in garden in spring with success. will try this next season. always learning something from your videos.
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Ok, summer has just started and now I'm excited for fall so that I can direct sow some cool flowers! LOL! Thank you Danielle!
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Thank you for the flowers name on the screen.Everything looks beautiful!💕
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I totally relate to the husband not being excited as me about things going on in the garden!
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Wow, love the black button bachelor buttons.
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If it wasn't for you and Lisa Mason Ziegler I would have never have thought to plant out my snapdragons in mid-April (zone 6b). My Chantilly and Twinny are blooming beautifully. My Potomac and Rocket are on sturdy stems and just starting to bud up. Moving onto the next progression...planting them before my first frost. All the information you share is a total "Game Changer" for my garden and I thank you!!
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Loved and enjoyed your Cool Flowers garden tour, everything looks beautiful healthy and inspiring. Thank you for showing us around.
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Love the pink larkspur! Never saw that before!
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Thanks so much Danielle. I am in zone 9 NZ and have just sown my hardy annuals etc inside, for the first time so this video is very helpful for timings.
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I'm pretty sure that is Fancy'Smokey Eyes'. I learned a lesson with my autumn sown 'Dara' this Spring, I didn't think it had survived, the foliage looked depleted and dead. I pulled a couple of the plants, but decided to just wait and see if the others may have survived...sure enough, they did. I'll definitely be sowing more this Fall! Those snapdragons of yours are gorgeous! Thank you for the tour!
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Good morning, Danielle. I've been watching your videos for a year now so decided it was time to say "Hi." Four years ago, I moved from zone 9 (California) to zone 4b/5a (Montana). I'm having to learn to garden all over again. Different plants. Different weather. I ordered the Ziegler book you recommended. Your videos are beautiful. You have a lovely and gentle way of explaining and describing things. Best wishes. Carolyn
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Thanks so much for the tour. It is very helpful to have the captions with the names and also if you planted them by seed or transplants. Look forward to the updates!
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This video is super helpful because cool flowers is a new concept to me but makes so much since. I struggle with knowing what time of year to plant seeds to get them to bloom before the growing season is over. Have you ever thought of making a small guide book for us newby's to tell us when we need to start seeds indoors and direct seed? I know you have made videos about it but it would be cool to see it in calendar form.
