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Early Spring Cut Flowers: Golden Branches for the Cutting Garden
Early spring flowers with golden cut flower branches including: Kerria japonica, Forsythia x intermedia and Acacia dealbata These early spring flowering branches will lift your spirits and make gloriously golden additions to your spring cut flower garden. They are fantastic to cut in support of more delicate spring blooms such as tulips, ranunculus and anemone. In addition they add structure to dormant perennial cut flower beds throughout the winter, then diversity to your
rosaallen
6 days ago4 min read
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Finding the Hidden Microclimates in Your NZ Garden
Making the most of one of the sunniest spots in our garden to grow sun loving perennials and annuals. This season (2025-26) has been one of the most challenging growing seasons since I started growing cut flowers to sell a decade ago. Unpredictable conditions, wildly fluctuating temperatures, stormy plant flattening winds, hail, and a wet, wet summer have all wreaked havoc. Trying to find a silver lining, I've realised it has helped me better understand the plants I grow and
rosaallen
Jun 97 min read
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I Grow Cut Flowers for a Living—Why I Still Encourage You to Grow Your Own
I grow cut flowers for a living…..why would I encourage you to grow your own flowers? For the very reason that I grow cut flowers, and why we bring cut flowers into our houses in the first place - because it is food for our wellbeing, food for our souls.
rosaallen
Dec 29, 20252 min read
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