How To Grow Your Own Cut Flowers: A Beginners Guide
Growing your own cut flowers is one of the easiest, most cost-effective ways to bring beautiful blooms into your house throughout the summer. With so many new additions to our flower range, 2026 really is the year to get started! The secret to a successful flower patch is in the planning, so read on for first steps and inspiration to help make the most of your flowers this year.
Assessing Your Garden Space for Cut Flowers
The first job is to look at your available space – you might have an allotment with bare earth, a back garden with a small bed, a few gaps in your borders, or some raised beds or planters. The good news is that you can grow flowers in all of these spaces; you just need be realistic about the size of the space and order your seeds accordingly.
Flowers like to grow in full sun, and the soil structure matters; ensure that your soil is loose and free from stones, raking it over so that your seeds or seedlings have the best conditions to grow.
Choosing Your Cut Flower Varieties
If you’re new to growing flowers, then we recommend easy-to-grow varieties that have a high success rate. Hardy annuals are the easiest seeds to get going; you can either sow them directly into the ground or containers where they will grow to their full height, or you can sow them in seed trays and transplant them when they’re ready.
Easy beginner flowers for cutting include sweet peas, calendulas, sunflowers, and cornflowers. Even just a few of these varieties will help you have plenty of vases filled with flowers this summer.
Sweet peas are a popular choice as they come in a wide range of colours and sizes, and their fragrance is second to none. They make excellent cut flowers as the more flowers you take, the more they’ll continue growing and blooming.
We also stock various items to help make your sweet peas a success like our garden maypole and our pea and bean frame.
For more information on sweet peas and tips on how to grow them, check out our Guide to Growing Sweet Peas!
Calendula flowers are also brilliant for the allotment as they make excellent companion plants for vegetables.
They attract beneficial insects like ladybirds and hoverflies who prey on pesky aphids whilst also acting as a trap crop for whitefly.
Planting them with cornflowers will add extra colour to your gardens with minimal effort, and both of these flowers will self-sow ready for next year!
One of our top tips for your flower patch is to take a picture or keep a note of what the emerging seedling leaves look like so that you don’t accidentally mistake them for weeds when they pop up again next year.
More Cut Flowers To Grow
These easy-to-grow varieties are just the start of your cut flower journey, and we have lots of options to help you on your way. Check out our Cut Flowers guide for more information on some of our other favourites like Zinnias, Cosmos, and Dahlias.
We also have meadow mixes that can add pollinator-friendly wildflowers to your spaces whilst also providing you with gorgeous blooms for your indoor vases. Our All Summer Cutting Mix is an excellent choice, whilst the Pick and Dry Mix can help you create lasting floral displays that will dry beautifully to be enjoyed throughout the year.
