Worst Flowers of 2022
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Published 2023-02-24
I'm breaking down the 10 worst flowers of 2022, and why they sucked!
As I get more experience with our farm, I learn more about what grows best for me, what is the easiest flowers to work with, and what are the cut flowers that are the most interesting to my customers at the farmers market. Here's the list
1) Chabaud Carnation
2) Scabiosa
3) Sweet William
4) Dusty Miller
5) Lime Nosento Marigolds
6) Lemon Basil
7) Eucalyptus
8) Super Magic Lisianthus
9) Flax
10) Magic Lime Feverfew
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All Comments (21)
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If you harvest lemon basil with a sharp floral knife instead of snips it won’t wilt. Snips crush the stem membranes and so when the basil is trying to drink its like drinking through a broken straw. A super sharp floral knife will change your floral life.
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Thanks for the list. You might have better sales if you switch from a red colored canopy to a white one. The red color casts a red glow on the flowers which doesn't do the actual colors justice. You're bouquets are so beautiful and you want to present them in the best light.
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Appreciate the hidden Ian thirst trap! Looking good!🔥😃
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She said FOILage so often I had to double check that I wasn't crazy and look up the spelling. I'm fairly certain it's not a regional thing because I live pretty close to where she lives
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This is a me problem but I'm really distracted by the shirtless man by the greenhouse 😂
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Have you thought about making 'eco' confetti from your dried flowers? Your local florists could stock it.
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The dusty miller that I grew in my greenhouse got way taller than the ones grown outside. You could try a small patch in your hoop house. From a Farmer’s Market grower in Moose Lake, Minnesota.
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I use flag iris alot in June. They don't rebloom but they are strong stemmed, scented and last in vase. Plus the color just goes with so much.
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Planting the Sweet William in fall helped other farmers get much longer stems.
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This really goes to show how much climate & growing zone affect which plants are "successes" vs "failures". I'm in usda zone 9b & a Mediterranean type climate so the timing on when things bloom for me & how they grow is wildly different. However, I still pick up useful tidbits of information from videos like this & it is just fun seeing someone else's thought process in action.
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My Dusty Miller seed package says to plant them in a slightly shady area in order to get longer stems. I wonder if growing them in a shaded hoop house would give you longer, more useful stems. Thanks for your list!
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Dave Dowling highly recommends perrenial purple campanula for that spring window . It grows in Saskatchewan and I agree it blooms beautifully when not much else is.
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Suggestion for grains for bouquets- Amaranth!!! So many varieties of colour! I grew it initially for food but now grow it mostly for aesthetic!
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I appreciate these summary videos with your insights about what worked well and what didn’t!
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I am a home gardener with limited space, but still donate weekly bouquets locally. I have tried some of the flowers on your "worst" list and totally agree and on the flip side I do grow a lot of what is on your "best" list. I now only grow the reliable, dependable, proven success flowers & fillers as to opposed to what is trending (and/or just don't work in my climate). So even though I am not a Flower Farmer, these lists translate to the home gardener who share bouquets as well as to the farmers.
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Carnations & sweet William work well in Nova Scotia because we have more clay in our soil to retain moisture. I add lots of compost which seems to help too. I also found the magic lime feverfew was a brighter yellow, and I LOVED it as a dried flower. We tend to have pretty wet Winter/spring, that and the soil makes it vastly different from what you’re working with!
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Good info, thanks! WRT your valentine’s video, I wonder if you might have replaced some of the brown paper sleeves with a brighter colour (like red or pink) it would have helped draw in passers by. Dried flowers can look a bit dull anyway, so that might help. I also agree with the comment about the red light cast over your market stand - white would probably keep the flowers (and Ian) cooler, too!
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Have you tried growing Baptisia? Perreneal and the foliage looks a lot like Eucalyptus!
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For your silver foliage, try perennial artemisia. Such as: Artemisia ludoviciana 'Silver Queen' is a fast-spreading variety with bright silver-white leaves that turn reddish in fall. It grows up to four feet tall and is hardy in zone 4 to 9. There are other good varieties of A. Ludoviciana such as ‘Silver King’ and ‘Valerie Finnis’ . It also gets tiny, but decorative yellow flowers. Dries well also.
