Select Seeds for Starting A Cutting Garden
There’s nothing quite like stepping into the garden on a cool summer morning, snipping fresh stems, and arranging a bouquet that brightens up your home (or a friend’s day). A well-planned cutting garden keeps those vases filled all season long, and we’ve stocked our seed shop with some of our absolute favorites to help you grow your own.
If you’ve been dreaming of armfuls of blooms, here are some of the great cutting garden seeds that are available on our website to help get your cutting garden started.
The Cut Flower Garden Collection – Seed Starting Kit
New for this year, we hand-picked five of our favorite flower varieties for this collection, making it easy to grow a vibrant and productive cutting garden right at home
These tried-and-true blooms will keep your snips busy from early summer until frost. If you're just getting started, this kit is the perfect way to dive in!
The kit also includes detailed seed starting instructions for each variety as well as a few special tips & tricks for each flower. Also included is a beautiful pair of our wooden handled floral snips to help harvest your blooms to enjoy!
Celosia – Garden Lover’s Mix
Celosia is an essential must-have in any well-planned cutting garden, offering bold color and playful texture that elevates every floral arrangement. These vibrant blooms thrive exceptionally well in the summer heat and hold up beautifully in bouquets, whether they are presented fresh or dried.
The Garden Lover’s Mix is packed with a delightful variety of mixed, vibrant hues, adding rich tones to your flower beds and vases, making it a perfect choice for enhancing the beauty of your garden and for bouquets.
Sunflowers – Vincent’s Choice & Vincent’s Fresh
These aren’t your grandma’s sunflowers!
No cutting garden is complete without sunflowers! Vincent’s Choice and Vincent’s Fresh are two of our favorites for their strong stems, pollen-free blooms (great for indoor arrangements), and stunning golden petals. These sunflowers are reliable, productive, and add that perfect touch of sunshine to every bouquet.
Benary’s Giants Zinnias
If you want show-stopping, long-lasting blooms, Benary’s Giant Zinnias are a must-grow. These zinnias are beloved by flower farmers and gardeners alike for their large, fully double blooms, strong stems, and outstanding vase life. They reach up to 4 feet tall, with sturdy, branching growth that produces an abundance of flowers all season long.
One of the best things about Benary’s Giants is their incredible range of colors—soft salmon, rich oranges, warm gold, soft pastels, and bold magentas. Their petals have a beautiful form, and their blooms can span up to 4-5 inches across, making them a stunning focal point in bouquets.
Zinnias are also heat-loving, drought-tolerant, and incredibly easy to grow, making them perfect for beginner and experienced gardeners alike. The more you cut, the more they bloom, ensuring a steady supply of vibrant stems from summer through the first frost. Plus, pollinators love them, so they’ll help bring even more life to your garden!
Pink Lemonade & Peaches Celosias - New Introductions This Season!
We’re beyond excited to introduce two stunning new celosia varieties to our seed shop this year: Pink Lemonade and Peaches.
Pink Lemonade Celosia
This beautiful bloom features soft, feathery plumes in a gorgeous blend of pastel pink and warm golden yellow, reminiscent of a glowing summer sunset. Its dreamy, airy texture pairs beautifully with bold blooms like zinnias and sunflowers. It’s a must-grow for a cutting garden.
Peaches Celosia
Peaches is a warm, peachy colored variety with a touch of coral that lightens a bit as the season progresses. This variety glows in the garden, bringing an elegant and unique hue to fresh arrangements and dried floral work.
Both of these heat-loving, long-lasting blooms are perfect for fresh bouquets or drying for year-round beauty. Their tall, sturdy stems make them an excellent choice for cut flower production, ensuring a constant supply of richly textured blooms throughout the season.
If you need some seed starting tips and tricks for celosia, check out our YouTube video here.
Double Dutch Rose Cosmos
If you’re looking for a delicate, airy flower that adds movement and whimsy to bouquets, Double Dutch Rose Cosmos is a must-grow! Trust us, you NEED them. This variety stands out with fully double, ruffled petals in a striking shade of deep rose-pink, creating a lush, fluffy bloom.
Cosmos are incredibly easy to grow from seed, thriving in poor soil and requiring little more than sunshine to flourish. The more you cut them, the more they bloom, producing a steady flush of flowers from midsummer to frost. Their tall, wiry stems make them perfect for loose, romantic arrangements, and they mix beautifully with zinnias, sunflowers, and celosia.
As we said above, cosmos are super easy to get start from seed, but if you need some pointers, check out our seed starting cosmos video on YouTube here.
The Easiest Flowers to Start for a Cutting Garden
If you’re looking for reliable, abundant bloomers, start with the classics: strawflower, zinnias, cosmos, and basil (yes, basil!). These varieties are beginner-friendly, bloom prolifically, and keep producing as long as you keep cutting. Plus, their pollinator-friendly nature brings even more life to your garden. Check out other varieties we have available in our online seed shop, or via our YouTube video giving a little more detail about our favorites.
Need a little guidance? Our "Seed Starting 101: Creating a Home Cutting Garden" online class is designed to walk you through the basics of seed starting and garden planning so you can plant with confidence.
There’s something deeply satisfying about growing flowers from seed and watching them flourish in your own backyard. Whether you’re growing for yourself, for gifting, or even for market bouquets, we’re honored to help you build a garden full of beauty.
Shop our seed collection now and get ready to grow!
