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The Beth Chatto Handbook- Flowers for cutting

The Beth Chatto Handbook- Flowers for cutting

Flowers for cutting


I have listed below those flowers which last reasonably well in water. Very small flowers which may make tiny posies I have not listed, nor those which drop quickly.

-Beth Chatto


Acanthus                                                                                     Dicentra                                                                     
Agapanthus   Dierama
Alchemilla mollis  Digitalis
AlliumEchinops
AlstroemeriaEryngium
AnaphalisErythronium
Anemone-(border forms)   Euphorbia
AngelicaGaltonia
Anthemis tinctoriaHelichrysum 'Schweffellicht'   
AquilegiaHelleborus
AcrtanthemumHermodactylus
Asperula aristataHesperantha
AsterHeuchera
AstrantiaIris
BergeniaKniphofia
CampanulaLeucanthemella seratina    
CatanancheLiatris
CentaureaLibertia
CheloneLigularia
ChrysanthemumLinaria
ConvallariaLiriope
CortaderiaLobelia
CrocosmiaLychnis
CynaraLysimachia
DelphiniumLythrum
DianthusMonarda
NarcissusRanunculus
NerineSalvia haematodes
Papaver orientaleSalvia x superba
PenstemonSaponaria officinalis
PersicariaSedum telephium
PhlomisSedum 'Herbstfreude'
Phlox- (border forms)Sedum 'Ruby Glow'
PhytolaccaStachys byzantina 'Cotton Boll'   
PlantagoTellima
PolygonatumThalictrum
PrimulaTricyrtis
PulmonariaVeronicastrum virginicum 'Album'   
PulsatillaZigadenus



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The Beth Chatto Handbook- Flowers for cutting

The Beth Chatto Handbook- Flowers for cutting

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