In this episode Hilary and guest expert Simon Crawford, of Owls Acre Seed, discuss just about everything you need to know to grow gorgeous sweet peas!
Read MoreEpisode 30: Planning Your Annual Cut Flower Garden, Part 2
Sweet peas
Welcome back to part two of our series on cut flowers. Last week we talked about annual flowers that can be direct seeded in your garden, and this week we're focusing on annual flowers that do better as transplants.
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All photos by Hilary Dahl
Getting excited about growing a colorful cutting garden is pretty easy this time of year. Seed catalogues spark our imaginations with romantic descriptions and colorful images of summer. Growing a cutting garden can be easy, is bound to be beautiful and can provide a very important resource for your vegetable garden. Flowers attract pollinating and other beneficial insects to the garden, so by planting an array of flowers in the yard you are contributing to the biological diversity of your neighborhood.
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