It might seem early, but this summer is actually the perfect time to begin preparing next year’s cut flower garden. You may still be in the dreaming phase of growing dahlias, or you may be planning to expand your dahlia patch. You may even be considering growing...
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THROUGH DAHLIA EDUCATION
• the latest from Triple Wren •
Seven Traits of Gardeners Who Achieve Their Goals
Among flower growing clients and friends who achieved their goals in 2022, I've noticed these common trends: They actually set goals. They balance discipline and flexibility. They keep a prioritized To-Do list. They create a global plan and believe it will work. They...
LIVE Training – Plan for Success in Your Cut Flower Garden
This Thursday, January 12, 2023, in our online community The Garden, we’re kicking off a 14-module LIVE training event to help our members Plan for Success in their Flower Gardens. ???????????????????? Here at Triple Wren, we love to plan. We’ve gone on a journey from...
Plant Annuals With Your Dahlias For Biodiversity
In our constant quest for biodiversity at Triple Wren, we co-plant hundreds of beautiful annuals amidst our dahlias each year. It makes for a really beautiful, inspiring field, lets us rotate our dahlia crop within the rows from year to year, and provides beneficial...
Exactly What You Need for Cut Flower Gardening Success
Today, I’m going to walk through a very specific and detailed plan that harmonizes everything taught in this Garden Planning for Success series. Our Priority Goal was to grow flowers to create 15 bouquets a week from June to September. If I had only one 100’ by 4’...
Our Favorite Foliage for the Best Bouquets
If you want to have bouquets that really shine, you need three key ingredients: focal flowers, filler flowers, and foliage. Obviously our favorite focal flowers are dahlias (in all their many forms!), but we have favorite filler flowers and foliage too. We've written...
Spacing Between Plants in Your Cut Flower Garden
As we continue in our Garden Planning for Success series, today we’re talking about spacing between plants in a growing area. Within your flower beds, spacing for your plants varies, but keep in mind that you can usually crowd cut flowers a bit more than you'd expect....
Planning a Cut Flower Garden to Effectively Use Your Space
In this Garden Planning for Success series, we've covered what to grow and now, let’s talk growing space! So how DO you create a garden plan that effectively uses your space? If you have at least 100 square feet to grow in (imagine a 4’x25’ space), I recommend...
Succession Planting is Key to Having Cut Flowers All Summer
Cherry Caramel Phlox Snow Puff Cosmos In our Garden Planning for Success series I’ve mentioned the term “succession planting,” and today I’d like to give a simple example or two of how this type of planting/planning can work. Remember, the Big Goal we’re working...
Two Things to Consider Before Starting Your Seeds Indoors
Welcome back to our Garden Planning for Success series. Yesterday I was talking about starting seeds, and I want to continue today with a few tips for planning to start seedlings indoors. Ask yourself these two important questions before you start planting your indoor...
Days from Seed to Bloom for Common Cut Flowers
Are you tired of trying to remember how long each flower takes to bloom? We can help you! We've made a free printable of days from seed to blooms for all of the most common cut flowers. So, next time you sit down to plan your cut flower garden, you can just refer to...
When to Plant in Order to Have Cut Flowers All Summer Long
We’re back to our Garden Planning for Success series, developing a spreadsheet Plan for “What to Grow” for our priority goal (????If you’re just joining now, we have links to all of the posts in this series down below.) The next step: think about WHEN to plant in...
Should You Start Seeds Inside or Direct Sow Outside?
Have you ever wondered about why some growers start some seeds indoors and sow others directly into their gardens?My first year of growing, I planted even the tiniest seeds directly into the ground, and many of them blew away before they could germinate in my hard-won...
Cut Flower Garden Planning Inspiration
If you’re following along in our Garden Planning for Success series, I want you to take some time this weekend and remember why you're undertaking this kind of planning. First, pull in a deep breath and imagine *your* ideal bouquet. Since spring is the season that’s...
Use a Spreadsheet to Make Detailed Plans for Your Flower Garden
I have a confession to make: I am a spreadsheet girl. As we jump back into our Garden Planning for Success series, today we’re using a spreadsheet to plan “What to Grow” for our big goal (????If you’re joining now, there are links at the end to all of the posts in...
Don’t Fall Into the Trap of Trying to Grow Everything
We’re in the middle of our Garden Planning for Success series, and I’ll dive right in where we left off yesterday. (???? If you’re just joining now, scroll down for links to all of the posts in the series.) We’re using a very specific example to talk about breaking...
