Higgledy Garden - Cut flower seeds and eco cut flowers delivered to your door
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’m Benjamin Ranyard. I grow flowers in my own cutting garden from the seed stock that I sell, & I write a regular blog in order that I can help new growers to the ‘sport’ have the same successes. It’s very straightforward.
Higgledy Garden - Cut flower seeds and eco cut flowers delivered to your door
1w ago
At the weekend Ben launched the Bundle to sow in May for slackers and loafers and many of you have gone for it so we thought it would be good to have a bit of a guide for any newbie gardeners or just a refresh for us all. Any slackers and loafers can be pretty ..read more
Higgledy Garden - Cut flower seeds and eco cut flowers delivered to your door
2w ago
Hello all, another wet morning so I thought I would write a bit of an update on my cutflower garden. Its been a funny month so far, we have had a couple of weirdly warm days but then some days it’s felt like winter again. Hail storms and the wind! I love my job and ..read more
Higgledy Garden - Cut flower seeds and eco cut flowers delivered to your door
3w ago
The biennials are starting to bloom and they are so useful to have in your cutting patch, Wallflowers especially are great for adding vibrant colour or pastel shades to your bouquets and posies. Mine have been flowering for a few weeks now and will keep going into early summer especially if you keep picking them ..read more
Higgledy Garden - Cut flower seeds and eco cut flowers delivered to your door
3w ago
Hello, hello! Gather round for a tale that will make your hearts sing with the melodious strains of anticipation and your spirits dance with the promise of floral splendour! We’re talking about the delight that is sowing seeds! Today, we embark on a journey into the enchanting realm of sowing cut flower seeds, where ..read more
Higgledy Garden - Cut flower seeds and eco cut flowers delivered to your door
1M ago
Dear Diary, I have written a terse letter to the Meteorological Office regarding the weather. I really don’t know what they’re playing at but this nonsense has got to stop. Questions must be asked in the House. Ordinary working people should not have to put up with this and neither should I. Average rainfall for ..read more
Higgledy Garden - Cut flower seeds and eco cut flowers delivered to your door
1M ago
Visual spring seed sow along guides for growing the best cut flowers of your life! We’ve all experienced it where we get all excited buying a packet of seeds and then it arrives and we question whether we are sowing it the correct way, we look at seed sowing guides, give it a good go ..read more
Higgledy Garden - Cut flower seeds and eco cut flowers delivered to your door
1M ago
Another star of the late summer cut flower garden are the Zinnias, if you want some vibrant hot colours for your cutting patch these are the ones for you. Though there is lots of breeding going of these and there are some lovely colours and forms coming through. With many more muted pastel tones that ..read more
Higgledy Garden - Cut flower seeds and eco cut flowers delivered to your door
1M ago
I’m fed up of talking about the weather, if we just keep telling yourselves we will get some sunshine soon, we will get some sunshine soon, on repeat! Surely if we all do it someone will listen and send some kinder weather our way. As well as working for Higgledy Garden I also work at ..read more
Higgledy Garden - Cut flower seeds and eco cut flowers delivered to your door
1M ago
Dear Diary, It has come to my attention that as I approach my mid fifties, the old grey matter doesn’t seem to file stuff away in the right place anymore…I’m constantly forgetting that I’ve just made a cup of tea…I lose my specs four or five times a day and on the work front I ..read more
Higgledy Garden - Cut flower seeds and eco cut flowers delivered to your door
1M ago
There are not a huge number of annuals flowers that are scented but Nicotiana is one of them and so a must for your cut flower garden. They are not all scented though so if you particularly want scent then choose your varieties carefully. Also be aware that some varieties are very short and used ..read more