Floral Notes

Floral Notes

Planning Course

How to grow enough flowers

No gaps, just great combinations all season long

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Anna Taylor
Jan 12, 2026
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I began my horticultural and design career in 2001. I grew flowers for clients or at home every year, but only sowing a flower to cut, in 2015. That’s when I started my Flower Farm. I started all seeds I had, on the same day. It was brilliant. Loads of germination. Success!

Then so much pricking out, potting on and transplanting. I ran out of room to keep them. I sold seedlings rather than cut flowers on a plant stall at the top of the village. I learnt I could grow them.

Selling so many spare seedlings and plants all summer long in 2015

There were flowers, armfuls of flowers. But only for about 6 weeks. Then nothing.

What went wrong?


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