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| Lavender (back right), larkspur (middle left), and marigolds (foreground). | _Lavender (back right), larkspur (middle left), and marigolds (foreground)._ |
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| Sweet peas are ideal flowers to grow for cutting. | _Sweet peas are ideal flowers to grow for cutting._ |
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| Growing cut flowers for beginners. | _Growing cut flowers for beginners._ |
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| These shaggy, flamboyant blooms are double sunflowers. | _These shaggy, flamboyant blooms are double sunflowers._ |
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| Cosmos (back right), salvia viridis (middle left), dahlias (left foreground) and antirrhinums (right foreground). | _Cosmos (back right), salvia viridis (middle left), dahlias (left foreground) and antirrhinums (right foreground)._ |
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| Home-grown organic flowers make beautiful bouquets for weddings and special occasions. | _Home-grown organic flowers make beautiful bouquets for weddings and special occasions._ |
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| ### What equipment or tools will I need? | ### What equipment or tools will I need? |
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| Equipment-wise, there's very little you really need for flower growing other than a selection of pots, seed trays, a hand fork and trowel, and some secateurs (or strong sharp scissors) for cutting blooms. A garden spade and garden fork will be handy if you have more ground (opt for the slightly smaller versions called 'border forks' and 'border spades'). A hoe is almost essential if you're growing your flowers in rows in the ground - hoeing regularly between the rows keeps weeds from becoming a problem. A window sill and a couple of plastic propagators (seed trays with tall plastic covers) are all you really need for starting seedlings, but a coldframe or small outdoor [greenhouse](/grho/greenhouses-polytunnels) will be very useful if you have space for them. | Equipment-wise, there's very little you really need for flower growing other than a selection of pots, seed trays, a hand fork and trowel, and some secateurs (or strong sharp scissors) for cutting blooms. A garden spade and garden fork will be handy if you have more ground (opt for the slightly smaller versions called 'border forks' and 'border spades'). A hoe is almost essential if you're growing your flowers in rows in the ground - hoeing regularly between the rows keeps weeds from becoming a problem. A window sill and a couple of plastic propagators (seed trays with tall plastic covers) are all you really need for starting seedlings, but a coldframe or small outdoor [greenhouse](/grho/greenhouses) will be very useful if you have space for them. |
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| Growing flowers and food together - cottage garden style. | _Growing flowers and food together - cottage garden style._ |
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| Anemones (back) and grape hyacinth (foreground). | _Anemones (back) and grape hyacinth (foreground)._ |
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