Cut Flower Seed Collection – 8 Easy Varieties for a Bouquet Garden (UK)

Grow your own beautiful, long-lasting bouquets with our Cut Flower Seed Collection, featuring 8 florist-style varieties chosen for long stems, repeat flowering, and reliable performance in UK gardens. Ideal for beginners and home flower growers looking to create natural, garden-grown arrangements.

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What’s Included in the Cut Flower Seed Collection

This carefully curated collection includes eight premium cut-flower varieties, selected for colour, texture, and vase life:

Sweet Pea ‘Incense Mix’ – highly fragrant blooms on long climbing stems

Cornflower ‘Polka Dot Mix’ – classic cottage-garden flowers with excellent cutting performance

Nigella ‘Deft Blue’ (Love-in-a-Mist) – delicate blue flowers with decorative seed heads

Dahlia ‘Pompone Double Mix’ – compact plants with long-lasting, rounded blooms

Verbena bonariensis – tall, airy stems widely used by florists

Scabiosa ‘Oxford Blue’ – elegant pincushion flowers on fine, wiry stems

Echinops ritro (Blue Globe Thistle) – architectural blooms ideal fresh or dried

Linum rubrum (Red Flax) – light, delicate stems that blend beautifully in arrangements

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Why Grow Your Own Cut Flowers?

Enjoy fresh flowers straight from your garden

Create bouquets that last longer than shop-bought

Grow organically and sustainably

Ideal for gifts, events, and everyday enjoyment

A small patch can provide weeks of flowers

This mix has been designed to give structure, movement, and texture, just like a florist’s bouquet.

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How to Grow Cut Flowers (Simple UK Guide)

Sowing time:

March–May indoors or under cover

April–June direct sow outdoors once frost risk has passed

How to sow:

Sow seeds into trays or directly into prepared soil

Lightly cover and water gently

Keep soil moist during germination

Transplant or thin seedlings once established

Flowering period:

Summer through to early autumn (variety dependent)

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Tips for Better Bouquets

Pick flowers early in the morning

Cut stems regularly to encourage more blooms

Support taller varieties as they grow

Deadhead where appropriate to extend flowering

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Who This Collection Is For

Beginner gardeners

Cottage-garden and flower-farm enthusiasts

Home florists and flower arrangers

Allotment growers

Gift buyers

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Product Details

Product type: Cut flower seed collection

Number of varieties: 8

Growing location: Garden beds, borders, cutting patches

Difficulty level: Easy to moderate

Suitable for: UK gardens

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Why Buy from Curriott Hill Nursery

Carefully selected seeds for UK growing conditions

Small-batch, quality-focused nursery

Fast UK dispatch

Ideal for beginners and flower lovers

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