Flower Pounding on Fabric

There are many ways to root clippings—most entail potting mix, right-sized containers, rooting hormones, and plenty of patience. But to propagate these flowering plant cuttings, all you need is crystal-clear water that lets you sit back and watch roots sprout mud-free!

Planting annuals during the fall is a sure-shot way to prepare your garden for the coming year. These rugged, resilient plants overwinter through the cold and burst into blooms in spring’s warmth. Here are hardy annuals to plant in the fall for flowers next year!

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Nienke Beets, Leiden University

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I first discovered fabric raised beds in Quebec City. I was there for a garden writers’ conference a few years ago new, and they seemed to be everywhere I went: in front of the parliament buildings featuring a lush ornamental mix of vegetables, herbs, and flowers; lined up in rows on the roof of a shelter; and supporting a gorgeous living willow pergola at a botanical garden. The fabric pots were often displayed together in a variety of sizes. Some held single plants, while others were able to hold gorg

Chrysanthemums, or mums, are beautiful flowers that grow in multi-layered petal forms. If you adore these blooms and want to add some mum-look-alike varieties, then this post is for you. These might look visually similar to mums, but they have their own uniqueness that sets them apart.

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Chrysanthemums are quintessential fall flowers—highly resilient and fuss-free! Emerging in warm autumn hues of yellows, reds, and oranges, these perennials can tolerate the change from hot to cold much better than other flowers! But if your mums are not blooming, something’s wrong. Here’s how to identify key causes and tricks to boost flowering!

As summer’s blooms start to fade, autumn might seem like a fallow period for flower growers. Although the year’s floral productivity is gently winding down, the list of jobs for the following season’s harvest is just revving into gear. Once the August bank holiday is over, a certain focus descends over the flower farm to prepare for the next year. Embrace it, and accept it is virtually impossible to ever prepare as much as you aspire to. Whatever hard graft you do put in through autumn will pay dividends in a season full of flowers from spring onwards.

Aster ‘Mönch’ at the gardens of St Giles House in Dorset

Rudbeckias in Clare Foster's garden