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5 Big Bloom Floral Plants – Cut Flowers

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There are many plants with exception large and beautiful flowers. But the main question is how big a flower can grow?

Take you plant serious and care for it. If it is not making enough bloom, that’s means it wants more care and regular feeding. Hope so, it needs more water and fertilization for bigger bloom.

There is a flower in Indonesia name “rare corpse”, it can grow up to 3 feet. But not all gardeners can grow it. This means, not all gardeners understands it requirements.

Rare corpse flower

Rare corpse flower

It’s very appealing and beautiful plants, you can grow in your Kitchen garden. It will create a dramatic look in your kitchen garden. As well as you can cut flowers and fill up your vases at home or offices.

Not only this, here I talk about 15 beautiful and larger bloom floral plants with their soil, light and climate requirements.

 

1: Tree peonies (Paeonia suffruticosa):

Tree peonies are big and beautiful peony flowers that bloom in mid to late spring seasons. It can bloom up to 4 to 5 feet tall. They should planted and grown in hot summer and winters.

Tree peonies (Paeonia suffruticosa)

Tree peonies (Paeonia suffruticosa)

Beautiful plant leaves add to its beauty when the flower dies, because stem do not die back in winters. Making plants for eastern, mid-western, and western United States areas.

Specification:

Mature Size 3 feet tall, 4 feet wide
Soil Type Fertile loam
Soil pH 6.8 to 7.5
Sun Exposure Full sun to part shade
Flower Color Red, white, pink , purple and yellow
Native Area Bhutan, China
USDA Growing Zones 4 to 8

 

2: Oriental Poppy (Papaver orientale)

This Oriental poppy is a plant that mostly grow for their flowers. Oriental poppy is the herbaceous perennial flowers, have specialty of beautiful and large floral petals. This flower’s petal are soft feel like crepe paper flower.

Not just it flowers, its foliage also looks attractive in winters. They are found in many varieties, “prince of orange” and “livermere” etc.

Oriental Poppy (Papaver orientale)

Oriental Poppy (Papaver orientale)

They are germinated with the seed planted in spring or fall. They are fast grower. Its bloom was specular but with short period.

Specification:

Mature Size 2 feet tall, 1 to 2 feet wide
Soil Type Fertile, well-drained, medium moisture
Soil pH Neutral
Sun Exposure Full sun
Flower Color Orange, red, pink, purple, white, peach, maroon, salmon
Native Area Asia
USDA Growing Zones 3 to 9

 

3: Giant Water Lily (Nymphaeaceae Genera) and Lotus (Nelumbo)

Water lily and lotus are known as the jewel and the beauty of aquatic world. Their growth are in spring season and sumptuous bloom season are October to July. Some are easy to grow like water lily has a faster growth rate than lotus. Lotus are slow to start and wants warmth of sun.

Giant Water Lily (Nymphaeaceae Genera)

Giant Water Lily (Nymphaeaceae Genera)

Like outside water lily also bloom in indoor in small containers. You just take some care, like sufficient amount of water and good light. Also make water clean and clear all the time for sake of that plant. Its like plant production through hydroponics.

Specification:

Mature Size Water Lily (4 tall:5 width) and Lotus(4 tall:4 width)
Soil Type Top soil
Soil pH Neutral
Sun Exposure Full sun
Flower Color Water lily: blue, purple, yellow, red, white, pink, orange and Lotus: white, pink, yellow
Native Area Asia, Australia, North America
USDA Growing Zones 4 to 10

 

4: Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

The poster flower in bright yellow color of the summer called “Sunflower”. Sun flower named after because the flower turn around its head towards the path of sun all day.

Sunflower bloom into midsummer, the average stretch of flower is 5 to 9 inches. The color of its main specie is orange yellow.

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

Sunflower stem sometimes has only a flower, sometimes with multiple flowers in multi-branches.

This flower is a fast growing plant and from seed to full bloom flower can grow in 120 days. But before planting, soil must be warmed at 55 degree Fahrenheit.

Specification:

Mature Size Tall: 3–10 feet, wide: 1.5–3 feet.
Soil Type Well-drained
Soil pH Acidic, neutral, alkaline
Sun Exposure Full sun
Flower Color Yellow, red, mahogany, bicolor
Native Area             North America
USDA Growing Zones 2 to 11

 

5: English Rose (Rosa hybrids)

English roses are developed by the combination of old roses. The new flower developed known as the best variety of modern hybrid roses. But these roses does not have beautiful scent that found in old and natural roses.

English Rose (Rosa hybrids)

English Rose (Rosa hybrids)

Mostly these roses used as cut flowers in the markets. There are many beautiful and unique variety of English roses developed and sold in the market.

Example: Fair Bianca, Lady Emma Hamilton, Janet, Gentle Hermione, etc.

Specification:

Mature Size Depend on flower variety
Soil Type Well-drained loam
Soil pH Depend on flower variety
Sun Exposure Full sun
Flower Color White, yellow, red, pink, orange, and bi-colors
USDA Growing Zones 4 to 11 (varies, depending on variety)

 I hope all this information above, you like. Plz share your thought and other queries with us. Thanks!

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