Plants for Bouquets

There is something genuinely different about a bouquet you cut yourself — the stems still warm from the sun, the flowers chosen for the way they look together rather than what survived a supply chain. Growing your own cutting garden is one of the most rewarding things a garden can do.

This collection covers the full range: big, generous focal flowers with long stems and real vase life; airy fillers and meadow-style perennials that give a bouquet its movement and lightness; architectural statements — alliums, thistles, grasses — that stop an arrangement from looking too safe; and flowers that dry beautifully, holding their colour and form long after the season has ended.

Whether you have a dedicated cutting patch or just a few generous plants woven through a border, the idea is the same: to keep cutting, keep the plants flowering, and always have something worth bringing inside.