The Beth Chatto Handbook- Flowers for cutting

23rd February 2024 IN Advice & Guides

Flowers for cutting

I have listed below those flowers which last reasonably well in water. Very small flowers which may make tiny posies I have not listed, nor those which drop quickly.

-Beth Chatto

Acanthus	Dicentra
Agapanthus	Dierama
Alchemilla mollis	Digitalis
Allium	Echinops
Alstroemeria	Eryngium
Anaphalis	Erythronium
Anemone-(border forms)	Euphorbia
Angelica	Galtonia
Anthemis tinctoria	Helichrysum 'Schweffellicht'
Aquilegia	Helleborus
Acrtanthemum	Hermodactylus
Asperula aristata	Hesperantha
Aster	Heuchera
Astrantia	Iris
Bergenia	Kniphofia
Campanula	Leucanthemella seratina
Catananche	Liatris
Centaurea	Libertia
Chelone	Ligularia
Chrysanthemum	Linaria
Convallaria	Liriope
Cortaderia	Lobelia
Crocosmia	Lychnis
Cynara	Lysimachia
Delphinium	Lythrum
Dianthus	Monarda
Narcissus	Ranunculus
Nerine	Salvia haematodes
Papaver orientale	Salvia x superba
Penstemon	Saponaria officinalis
Persicaria	Sedum telephium
Phlomis	Sedum 'Herbstfreude'
Phlox- (border forms)	Sedum 'Ruby Glow'
Phytolacca	Stachys byzantina 'Cotton Boll'
Plantago	Tellima
Polygonatum	Thalictrum
Primula	Tricyrtis
Pulmonaria	Veronicastrum virginicum 'Album'
Pulsatilla	Zigadenus

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The Beth Chatto Handbook- Flowers for cutting

Comments (2)

Lovely plant list . Would be nice to have

Mary Awaritefe | 08/06/2024

Many years ago I bought a small group of National Trust trainees to the garden. Beth gave the students a wonderful tour of the garden talking about various features and cultivation requirements of the plants, but see also added her views on there cutting potential

Floyd Summerhayes | 07/06/2024

The Beth Chatto Handbook- Flowers for cutting

Flowers for cutting

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