Our Top 5 Spring-Blooming Perennials to Grow for Flower Farmers & Farmer Florists

Our Top 5 Spring-Blooming Perennials to Grow for Flower Farmers & Farmer Florists

For flower farmers and farmer-florists, spring-blooming perennial flowers are especially valuable. They help bridge the gap between the earliest cold-hardy annuals and the abundance of summer flowers, providing reliable harvests during a time when many fields are just waking up.

These are five of our favorite spring-blooming perennials to grow for flower farms and floral design.

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Seeds to Start Now for Spring Flowers

Seeds to Start Now for Spring Flowers

February is prime time for cold-hardy annuals that thrive in cool temperatures and reward you with some of the first blooms of the season. Because of our climate in Zone 6b/7a, we rely heavily on cold-hardy annuals to carry our early flower season. If you’re wondering what seeds to start in February for spring flowers, these are the varieties we’re sowing now.

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Tenacity: How We're Breaking Ground at the New Farm

Tenacity: How We're Breaking Ground at the New Farm

Spring has brought a blend of great progress and heartbreaking setbacks. Not only has the weather been some of the worst on record, the process of moving a farm is exponentially difficult. Going into 2018, I knew that this year will likely be the toughest I've lived thus far, so back in January I taped the word TENACITY onto my desk and repeat it as a mantra.

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