FRESH FLOWER CUTTING GARDEN
Flowers in
Bloom Today
This week we are
harvesting
lupine,
sweet William, Field daisies, peony,
chives,
painted daisies,
Delphinium, blue penstemon, ladies mantle, Siberian iris, Jupiter's
beard.
We have a large cutting garden of annual and perennial
flowers and herbs.
The flower season runs from June through mid October. We are
currently cultivating about 80 different varieties of flowers.
These are selected by Ann and Sue and started in our greenhouse
in late winter.
The flower garden is open to the public for
cut-your-own. Someone is always available to assist you
and answer your questions about arranging, conditioning, and
at what stage to cut certain flowers. If you are not
interested in cutting your own, or in a hurry, The Putman
Place has pre-cut and conditioned flowers at very
reasonable prices. We will also make pre-ordered arrangements.
The Putman Place provides the
scissors for cutting, containers to take your flowers home in
and floral preservative to insure the longest vase life
possible. Harvest your own flower prices are:
10.00 for a ½ gal
cardboard milk container or 25.00 for a bucket.
hint: Bring your own bucket for easy
transport home.
For special occasions (weddings, reunions, showers)
we recommend that you contact us early. The garden yields
enough flowers for about 2-4 weddings/ week. After the initial
contact is made (and the event "booked") the client
visits the garden one to two weeks before to finalize
the details and prices.
Several dates are already full y booked for
the 2008 season: June 7, June 14, June 21, June 28, July
12 and August 2
The
Putman Place can also act as a full service florist by
creating, delivering and setting up your complete wedding
flowers from ceremony to reception. Click to view current
Floral design Price List.
Some groups choose to
book the flower hut for several hours (30.00/hr fee) and have a design party
here with a Putman Place design consultant. These
parties work like an arts and craft class ; all materials are
ready to be assembled and we assist you in entire process of
making your designs from table arrangements to boutonnieres,
bouquets and large scale creations. Check out the
Floral Design Page to see some past Putman Place floral
creations.
The Kit:: This is for multiple,
identical table arrangements. The client tells us how
many arrangements they want to make and loans us one of the
vases that they plan to use (i.e. mason jar). "The kit "
includes one arrangement in that container and enough
floral material for the client to make the remaining arrangements.
Prices range from 5.00 to 10.00/ arrangement.
We also have available for sale some
popular flower arranging supplies; floral tape, floral foam,
corsage pins and sticks, bouquet holders and can special order
vases and other supplies.
For more information on
cutting, handling, arranging, and drying flowers, check out
the Flower Tips page.
Remember: for longer vase life, harvest
flowers when the temperature is as cool as possible (i.e.
before 9AM). If cut properly, most of our flowers will last at
least a week in the vase.
FLOWER VARIETIES
AND BLOOM TIMES
Early
Summer (Late May
and June)
Perennials:
Lupine,
Painted
Daisy (Pyrethrum) ,
Centaurea,
Centaurea montana,
Bearded Iris,
Siberian
Iris, Dutch Iris, Baptisia,
Delphinium,
Verbascum,
Rainbow Dianthus,
Sweet William, Coral
Bells, Campanula
(Bell Flower),
Veronica,
(C. Japonicum)
Rose Campion,
Coreopsis,
Lamb’s Ears,
Lychnis,
Geum, Yarrow (Golden,
Mixed Pastels, White)
Fleabane,
Gaillardia,
Wild Daisies ,
Garden
Pinks.
Annuals:
Feverfew,
Calendula, Phlox, Acroclinium,
Sweet Peas,
Cosmos,
Bachelor Buttons.
Mid
Summer (July to Mid August)
Perennials: Verbascum,
Veronica,
Lamb’s
Ears, Lilies,
Gaillardia, Yarrow,
Shasta daisy, Astilbe, Gypsophila,
Scabiosa, Pearl Everlasting,
Rudbeckia,
Coneflower (White,
Purple),
Aster, Sea
Holly (Eryngium),
Liatris,
German Statice, Sea
Lavender,
Monarda,
Ox-Eye Daisy, Cardinal Flower,
Coreopsis,
Globe Thistle, Pearl Everlasting, Crocosmia, Russian
Sage
Annuals:
Feverfew,
Calendula, Amaranthus, Acroclinium,
Sweet Peas,
Snapdragon,
Cosmos, Salvia (Blue,
Red),
Batchelor
Buttons, Larkspur,
Ageratum,
Scabiosa,
Sunflower,
Gladiolus,
Gloriosa Daisy (Rudbeckia)
Basket flower (C. americana),
Carnation, Gomphrena (Globe Amaranth),
Statice,
Celosia (Plumosa, Spicata)
Strawflower,
Zinnia
(4 varieties, many colors).
Late
Summer (mid August and September)
Perennials:
Small Black-eyed Susan,
Monarda, Scabiosa,
Aster,
Coneflower
(4 varieties),
Rudbeckia
(4 varieties), Gaillardia,
Coreopsis, Dianthus (Prima
Donna),
Delphinium,
Verbascum, Cardinal
Flower,
Amaranthus
(4 varieties).
Annuals:
Larkspur, Zinnia, Strawflower,
Celosia, Statice,
Gomphrena, Rudbeckia (4 varieties), Carnation, Gladiolus,
Sunflower
(4 varieties), Scabiosa,
Ageratum,
Bachelor Buttons, Salvia,
Cosmos,
Snapdragons,
Gypsophila,
Calendula.
Most of our
flowers go with the first hard frost.
However, here are some which will bloom beyond frost.
Delphinium,
Larkspur, Bachelor
Buttons, Dianthus,
Perennial Aster, Gaillardia,
Scabiosa,
Snapdragons,
Salvia, Calendula,
Rudbeckia,
Coneflower.
Flower
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