Cutting Garden Design

However it s also possible to create a cutting garden with perennial flowers.

Cutting garden design. If possible take time to work in compost and all purpose organic fertilizer. Prepare the planting area making sure it is loose and weed less. A cutting garden isn t supposed to look like a mixed border of plants so there s no need to get hung up on design principles.

Cutting gardens often feature annual flowers because they will repeatedly bloom throughout the season. The most efficient way to set up a cutting garden is to grow your flowers in rows as you would vegetables. In most cases we put 6 plants in each section about 2 plants per 1 foot x 1 foot area.

The spruce alex dos diaz. Visualize it more in terms of crops. You ll be planting in rows.

Work in several inches of compost or leaf mold before planting. Prep the planting area. The sunflowers were not planted as densely.

Although this garden doesn t have to look pretty you still don t want your plants to have to compete with weeds for nutrients and water. Give your cutting garden a sunny spot with well drained soil. This garden is designed for a 7 foot by 7 foot planting area.