Cut-Flower Garden Map 10' 1' 2' 3' 4' 5' 6' 7' 8' 9' 10' Orient taller varieties toward the back or north/northwest of the garden to prevent shading shorter varieties.

'Red Spike' Amaranth 'Strawberry Blonde (F1)' 12" foot path 1' Planting Method: Transplant Sunflower Plant Spacing: 12" Planting Method: Direct Seed or Number of Plants: 2 Transplant Bed Feet Needed: 1' Plant Spacing: 24" 2' Plant Height: 48-60" Number of Plants: 4 Notes: Pinch central bud for optimum Bed Feet Needed: 4' branching Plant Height: 60-72" 36" Red Notes: Pinch central bud for optimum Strawberry Blonde Benary's Giant Mix Dara Spike 12" branching garden 6" Spacing 3' Spacing 24" Spacing 12" Spacing 'Benary's Giant Mix' Zinnia bed Planting Method: Transplant 'Dara' Ammi Plant Spacing: 12" Planting Method: Direct Seed Number of Plants: 8 Plant Spacing: 6" 4' Bed Feet Needed: 4' Number of Plants: 4 Plant Height: 40-50" Bed Feet Needed: 1' Notes: Pinch central bud for optimum Plant Height: 36-50" branching 12" foot path 5'

'Double Click Mix' Cosmos 'Cherokee Sunset Mix' Rudbeckia Planting Method: Transplant Planting Method: Transplant Plant Spacing: 12" Plant Spacing: 24" 6' Number of Plants: 6 Number of Plants: 4 Bed Feet Needed: 3' Bed Feet Needed: 4' 13' Plant Height: 42-46" Plant Height: 24-30" 36" Notes: Pinch central bud for optimum Double Click Mix Cherokee Sunset Mix Queen Red Lime Bouquet branching garden 12" Spacing 24" Spacing 12" Spacing 4" Spacing 7' bed 'Queen Red Lime' Zinnia 'Bouquet' Dill Planting Method: Transplant Planting Method: Direct Seed Plant Spacing: 12" Plant Spacing: 4" 8' Number of Plants: 4 Number of Plants: 6 Bed Feet Needed: 2' Bed Feet Needed: 1' Plant Height: 30-40" Plant Height: 38-42" Notes: Pinch central bud for 12" foot path 9' optimum branching

'Pincushion Formula Mix' 'Timeless Mix' Ageratum Scabiosa Planting Method: Transplant 10' Planting Method: Direct Seed or Plant Spacing: 12" Transplant Number of Plants: 6 Plant Spacing: 10" Bed Feet Needed: 3' 36" Number of Plants: 12 Plant Height: 24-30" Pincushion Formula Mix Timeless Mix Flashback Mix Bed Feet Needed: 5' Notes: Pinch central bud for garden 10" Spacing 12" Spacing 6" Spacing 11' Plant Height: 24-36" optimum branching bed

'Flashback Mix' Organic Calendula 12' Planting Method: Direct Seed Plant Spacing: 6" Number of Plants: 8 Bed Feet Needed: 2' 12" foot path 13' Plant Height: 18-24" #BloomWithJohnnys

Copyright © 2018 Johnny’s Selected Seeds. All rights reserved. July 30, 2018 2:18 PM This map demonstrates a sample cutting-garden design for a 10’x13’ rectangular plot, sufficient to accommodate our Easy Cut-Flower Garden Set. For larger garden plots, apply the same design principles and plant spacing, but increase the number of plants to fit your garden space.

Cut-Flower Garden Design Considerations

• Access paths. Provide adequate space between rows to comfortably access all plants in your cutting plot. Given the modest dimensions of our example, we allow a 12”-wide access path. A 24”-wide path is common for larger plantings.

• Layout by crop height. Place taller plants such as amaranth and sunflowers at the back of the garden, on the north or northwest side, depending on the orientation of your plot. Place shorter plants such as calendula and ageratum at the front of the garden, on the south or southeast side. Ordering plant heights from tallest to shortest along a north-to-south axis will help prevent taller crops from shading out shorter ones.

• Days to bloom. Use the number of days to bloom to calculate your planting dates by crop, so that your flower crops begin to bloom at relatively the same time. orF example; ageratum requires 80–100 days to bloom from seed whereas calendula requires about 55 days. Hence, you will want to seed your calendula about 50 days after you seed ageratum to achieve a similar bloom time for mixed bouquets.

• Direct-seeding and transplanting. Plan your space to accommodate both direct-seeded and transplanted crops. For efficiency, it may be useful to designate one area of your plot for direct- seeding and another for transplanting. In our example, we designated the easternmost end of our garden plot to direct-seeded crops.

• Proportion. All the varieties in our Easy Cut-Flower Garden Set are cut-and-come-again flowers and should provide a season of blooms if well maintained. Consider the proportion of each type of flower you will want to use in your bouquets when planning your garden. As a general rule of thumb, focal flowers and fillers make up 80% of most bouquets, while spikes and accent flowers make up about 10–20%, depending on the design. #BloomWithJohnnys

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