Growing Annual Phlox as a Cut Flower : Flower Hill Farm

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Hi Flower Friends! It's Nicole from Flower Hill Farm- today I am sharing my methods of growing annual phlox as a hardy annual.
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@DanLizotte 2 года назад

Agree with folks that "Growing X As a Cut Flower" is a great format if you're thinking about doing more. Like we can all go to Johnny's or whatever but seeing "I did this and this is how it worked out" is really great.

@lesliemyers8536 2 года назад

I’m just here to say I got mad respect for ya, girl! I have a hobby flower garden right now. (I will one day have my flower farm…one day!) I love all of your videos. I get so excited when you come out with a new one. I’ve learned so much from you! I also wanted to say that I love how goofy you are in your videos. I’m a full-time teacher and I do a lot of RU-vid videos for my classes. I used to HATE doing videos because I felt like I had to be perfect. But after seeing you being so opening goofy, I’ve learned to relax and just roll with the punches. I enjoy making my videos for my students SO much more than I used to. Thanks for being my inspo, girl!!

@altheab.8907 2 года назад

Phlox is so lovely. Enjoy your enthusiasm, Nicole. Can’t wait to see your bouquets this year. Looking forward to spring blooms during this dreary time in zone 6 New England. Have a nice day.

@ashleysuckow 2 года назад

I had hummingbird moths in my 4 o'clock garden (over 5) and I loved them. We're excited to see what happens this year since it was just before the cold hit. Didn't bother me since those flowers grow like crazy.

@martiee6882 2 года назад

I am missing spring so much! ;) When I was a kid I use to find horn caterpillars all the time. I learned so much stuff about my family farm after following you. I found my 82 year old grandmas roses are 67 years old. And the indoor plant is 62! That is so wild!

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

That's awesome!

@carriekhoury3453 2 года назад

I had lousy germination with my annual phlox in soil blocks last year, so am presprouting in a damp paper towel this year. So far, great germination! I will be growing sugar stars and cherry caramel along with you :)

@martystevens2313 2 года назад

Now I have to add annual phlox to my seed order! Never tried it. It looks like a good one to winter sow. The hummingbird moths that fly during the day aren't hornworm adults...Their caterpillars actually eat a certain type of honeysuckle, snowberry or viburnum depending on which type it is (snowberry clearwing or hummingbird clearwing). I love it when I see them in my garden!

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

Thanks! I am constantly bombarded with negative hornworm comments every time I mention a hummingbird moth. I mentioned it basically as a response to all of the naysayers before they comment about them. Love my moths!

@Nat-mk7gb 2 года назад

Oh how much I needed a video about flowers ❤️ When things aren’t going well flowers make it better 🙏🏻Or at least give you strength and motivation to go on.

@kristalchristoph Год назад

I love having phlox in the fall. Once everything dies it is still going and it is a little place of happiness.

@joytobake 2 года назад

Thank you so much for this video! I really love these perfect little snippets all about one plant; they help so much! I realized recently I've been confusing annual phlox with Dianthus/Sweet William. 🤦‍♀️. Now that I have a better source of info on phlox, I'll have to go hunting on one for Sweet William. Thanks again! I always look forward to your videos. They brighten my day! ❤️ 💐

@shariglasser7192 2 года назад

Thank you for featuring this plant! I was so intrigued by it last year, I saw it in many bouquets. I had to get my hands on it and give it a try!

@adelacozlac366 2 года назад

Beautiful flowers!

@juliafiore120 2 года назад

All those varieties are gorgeous! Best of luck this year, Nicole!

@kaitlinjohnson2915 2 года назад

Perfect timing. I’ll be growing it for the first time this year!

@adriennechamberlain4868 2 года назад

Thanks for the encouragement! With this info, I think I can be successful this year! I also got the dulce du leche from Floret and have leftover seeds of the Cherry Brandy from last year. PINCHING! I think that's the ticket! They grew so fast indoors last year and when I set them out they turned into a groundcover! They spread out and were all over the surface of the soil...not so good for cutting but oh the color!!! I definitely found them to be cool season since I threw them outside about a month before my last frost (I'm over in the Albany area) and they were fine. Really, I saw this thumbnail and my eyes opened wide! Thanks so much for sharing your keys to Phlox success! One day I will make it to your porch!

@mygardeninbloom 2 года назад

I love phlox! My mom always had them in her garden. Love the sent! 🌸🌸🌸

@sialao849 2 года назад

Whenever I have a bad day at work, your videos makes me happy again. Your love for flowers is contagious in a good way. Thank you for making videos. 💖🌹Flower Fan

@mrilovetheants 2 года назад

Tomato Hornworm is in the same family as the Hummingbird Moth but Tomato Hornworms only fly at night and are a fairly dark-looking Hawk Moth. The Hummingbird Moths you see flying around in the day time use native Honeysuckles, (Lonicera sp. and Diervilla sp.)

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

@mrilovetheants 2 года назад

@@FlowerHillFarm You can actually buy Tomato Hornworm caterpillars from pet shops sometimes. (And I think on Amazon too). They're meant to be lizard food and are not toxic because they are never fed their host plants: Tomato, Potato, Tobacco, and Eggplant which all contain Nicotine in their leaves. They are also an amazing Electric blue color because the dry feed they are fed in captivity doesn't contain any green pigment which they would naturally get from these plants. What's really neat though is if you put them on one of their host plants they will turn green after only an hour or two of eating, this also makes them toxic for lizards to eat. Despite being a major pain for Tomato growers, it's "fine" for places to sell them because they're meant to be food and require soil medium to burrow through in order to pupate and complete their life cycle.

@tracycrider7778 15 дней назад

Hummingbird moths are sooo dang cool ❤

@kelseyclarke9488 2 года назад

Wow perfect timing! I just ordered a whole bunch of phlox seeds from select seeds!

@jenniferkessener1111 2 года назад

Oooh, thanks for the info. Phlox is soooo pretty.

@ericamacnab6505 2 года назад

Thank you Nicole, I was just wanted to start some seeds today and wondered about their cool flower abilities.. I will wait a little longer. They are so cute, Phlox of Sheep is another favourite of mine, beautiful candy pastel shades.

@L18ola 2 года назад

I’m going for it this year, ordered blushing bride seeds. Thanks for the tips 🙏

@four75flora 2 года назад

I'm so glad you made this video, I'm going to be trying phlox for the first time this year. I cannot wait for Cherry Caramel!

@rachelletaylor4215 2 года назад

I bought phlox this year and many other fillers and was debating on actually growing but now that I've seen your video I've got to try it! Thanks so much!

@thegardenhouse8892 2 года назад

Good info, last year mine were so so…..this year after watching your video, I know what to do! Thanks

@amysgardenstead2879 2 года назад

I had issues with germination last year. I will make sure not to use a heat mat and try putting it out before frost. This kind of information is really helpful.

@alliward6040 2 года назад

Thank you so much, this helped me. I sowed my Cherry Caramel Phlox seeds while watching your video 😊

@DragonflyArtz1 2 года назад

How cool. I've been watching many of your older videos while I start a Boat Load of seeds. And here you are. I fell in love with Phlox a couple years ago when I bought a "marked down" beautiful little Pinky Purpley Perennial Phlox that looked to me like the cutest little orphan begging me to take her home. She now has a prominent place on my front island, where she has multiple babies of her own. I am adding Tall Phlox Mix in a back corner behind her And a White Creeping Phlox (Ground Cover) surrounding and connecting them all this Spring! I saw this video and said "Oh ya, talk Phlox to me Girl!" LOL 😄

@amyking4509 2 года назад

I’m so loving cherry Carmel phlox I’m also growing dulce de leche can’t wait. I love the smell thanks for that info! I had some go late into December zone 6b.

@heatherbright7214 2 года назад

Omg this helped me so much. I had horrible germination on my Phlox last year. I am going to try this. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@itsmewende 2 года назад

I had a free pack of mixed colored Phlox from Baker Creek and sowed them Jan 26th, I had nice sprouts last week. I've had a perennial pale purple Phlox in my garden since 1998, it has spread nicely and attracts the hummingbird moth, which yes I love too.

@kelliwebb2870 2 года назад

I absolutely love phlox!

@tamerarogers6170 2 года назад

So so helpful!!

@gailpower2796 2 года назад

I grew sugarstar phlox last year and it was beautiful, but very leggy. Gonna try multiple rounds of pinching this year as you recommend - thanks for this video!!

@karenlopez5441 2 года назад

I like when you do these short specific flower videos! They’re really helpful and I love to see your bouquet photos too. I am protecting mine from rabbits this year.They love phlox and left me nothing. Do you remember how tall they were when they survived that really cold night?

@jmckphotography 2 года назад

I grew cherry carnel phlox a few years ago & didn’t have great success because I couldn’t find enough info about how to grow annual phlox. So thank you!!!

@aukjes86 2 года назад

Thank you for making this video. This is a great help! 😃👍🏻

@keithgibson1000 2 года назад

I grew dulce de leche last season and loved it. Blooms in 60 days after starting from seed!

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

Cool! Yes, 60 days typically. But because I pinch it for longer stems, it delays bloom by a couple weeks.

@lpslover206 2 года назад

I love hummingbird moths! I had two of them visit my pollinator garden last summer it was so amazing to see

@alissaeyre8302 2 года назад

I love phlox and it smells so good!!!!!

@Violetstoday Год назад

Thank you!

@enhancedbeautybyjenna4804 2 года назад

Thank you! Super helpful.

@gardeneroncarriagehill 2 года назад

So helpful thanks!

@kimberlyallen9898 2 года назад

I have never had luck with annual phlox. This video gives me hope! I’ll let you know how it goes. I am in MN 4B.

@lavenderinbloomflowerfarm1420 2 года назад

I’m so excited to know this! Thanks!!!!

@lavenderinbloomflowerfarm1420 2 года назад

How many times did you have to pinch to get decent stem length?

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

At least 3 times, maybe more.

@radmilamiljanic5977 2 года назад

OMG, you're going to have a rainbow of Phlox this year:)))

@nancyschippel7109 2 года назад

Thank you for this video - very helpful!

@nancyschippel7109 2 года назад

I had such problems germinating phlox last year. After I watched your video I tried again, and within just a few days my trays were full of sprouts!! I was getting them too warm. Thank you, and if it’s not too much trouble, would love to see how you sow statice sometime.😊

@Sunny14136 2 года назад

great video on phlox! I'm trying my hand at growing them (Cherry Caramel) for the first time from seed, and so far so good--very good germination! Southern CA. Zone 9b

@ambethk77 2 года назад

I'm growing lavender beauty and cherry caramel. First time trying it!

@janiceryerson2882 2 года назад

Hi this is Jan and I wanted to tell you that I happened to notice while while I was watching you take your lilies and the stamens and how you can create a whole different way get a Chenille stem or some people call and pipe cleaners and just twirl it on the Petals of the flower that has the pollen on them before it gets rubbed in because once you rub that pollen in its permanent and it gets on your clothes and it's permanent but if you take a pipe cleaner and get it while it's still powdery on the on the it will come off and you have saved your lilies and that's a Hallelujah I love your RU-vid channel keep up the good work I've been a retired florist my whole career has been working in the flower shop I had my own businesses and now I get to do it for fun

@mbe2765 2 года назад

Beautiful Grow. #Goals

@asaliden4584 2 года назад

Hurray! I have sugar stars and blushing bride and my last frost is around 1 April, it means I can put them outside 1 March! 👏🏻👏🏻

@christineann7620 2 года назад

I was just using your sample spreadsheet this past weekend and entering in all the information for my seed varieties(HUGE help btw) and when I got to phlox I kept thinking…hmmmm, Nicole started these pretty early last year?? I think I’ll try too, I am in zone 4b as well!

@chrispetersen6402 2 года назад

I’m trying winter sewing these phlox. Fingers crossed!

@heycrisper 2 года назад

Last year I bought fresh sugar stars from Baker creek and had NO success with them either. I'm pretty sure it's a germination issue. Hopefully this years stock has improved, but I haven't repurchased. Thanks for the tips! I hope my cherry caramel phlox grows up strong!

@fitflowers8669 2 года назад

I am totally going to try planting early here in zone 6a

@ElderandOakFarm 2 года назад

I agree with you Nicole- although I don't like the hornworms on my tomatoes, I will gladly take dealing with a few here and there to have the Hummingbird Moth in my garden! They are beautiful!

@martystevens2313 2 года назад

These are hummingbird clearwings. Their caterpillars dont eat tomatoes!

@ElderandOakFarm 2 года назад

@@martystevens2313 I think that's what I had last year!

@ElderandOakFarm 2 года назад

Good to know!

@misfitkrew2144 2 года назад

I don’t know if I got really lucky but I direct sowed four different varieties of phlox in 30 gallon fabric pots back in December and in mid January. I did not cover any of them because for some reason I thought they needed light to germinate. Honestly I still believed that they did until this video because all of mine germinated and none of them were covered. LOL. Zone 10a/10b here

@amandaknaul9165 2 года назад

I maintain landscape at a beautiful house that has phlox (perennial) so bright it almost hurts your eyes to look at them. ❤

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

Perhaps it was the variety called "Bright Eyes!"

@amandaknaul9165 2 года назад

They are bright fuschia !

@patriciast.claire7138 2 года назад

Very helpful. Thanks so much. You r so great for sharing info. Do u have a video on annuals that can be planted before frost dates? I would love to watch, if available Thanks again.

@LifeMoreColorful 2 года назад

I only had 50% germination on my floret whipped cream. Dulce de leche was 100%. I did 10 soil blocks of each because small yard is very small. Maybe I chose the wrong 10 for whipped cream since the rest of my phlox tray looks awesome. I just sowed another 5 of whipped cream last night. Hopefully those do better.

@tamiratliff4459 2 года назад

Sugar stars are harder to grow, they took so long to take off and got gangly, but we loved them and will grow again

@jansorkatie 2 года назад

Me: rushes over to my soil blocks to thicken the vermiculite layer!!!!!

@lanalovesjesus6133 2 года назад

So cool, I've only known the phlox that spreads out not grows up. Pretty

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

Yes, creeping phlox! These are a bit different. So pretty!

@lanalovesjesus6133 2 года назад

@@FlowerHillFarm very cool. Love finding new flowers!

@sunmoonrise 2 года назад

Just hoping for this season i can see your clip more than last year...

@mohammedali808 2 года назад

Hi Nicole. Your videos are very inspirational and to the point. I will appreciate your help to solve a problem with my rose. I bought a mini rose plant with two fully opened blooms . The other buds are about 20% open for 3 weeks and not opening at all. What can you suggest that I do. Many thanks for your help. I have it indoors.

@priscilla6440 Год назад

Beautiful!!!! Tips on watering and fertilizer?

@vidapeters7677 2 года назад

Hello my love 😍I planted Ranunculus today !! Yeah thank you 🙏🏻 it is all your fault. Much love Vida

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

I love it!

@karly8563 2 года назад

Hi Nicole I LOVE YOU. That’s all🥰

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

Hi Karly 😊💐

@bevcruz940 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing how to grow. How long do they last in the vase?

@kfrankism Год назад

Good information....I love Phlox. I want to direct seed them in Zone 9b. I'm guessing after the first frost date? Are lows are in the 30's and sometimes 20's but not often.

@buckeyejen1076 2 года назад

I love phlox so much! Unfortunately, mine always get devoured by deer and rabbits, so I have given up trying to grow them.

@tammywinter9268 2 года назад

Oh I liked that picture, I like your hair longer 😊, king of Adele ish…don’t mind me just a mom!

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

My hair grows really fast. It was half dead and needed a chop. It will be that long again by summer!

@rebeccah8912 2 года назад

Thank you so much Nicole your information is always so helpful. I think you will have to pull together a book sometime....as I know I will buy one that's for sure. Hey do you succession plant your phlox?

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

I did a second succession two weeks later.

@rebeccah8912 2 года назад

Thanks Nicole!!!!

@martiee6882 2 года назад

I like to sow mine with sweet peas

@gardengatesopen 2 года назад

We have those Big Daddy Moths too! I also think they're magical!! TO WATCH. Magical to WATCH. NOT touch!!

@mckenzieemmott8574 2 года назад

When you pinched, were you pinching the central stem or the laterals?

@lyla.aisle.of.blooms 2 года назад

What the phlox?! Mind blown.

@marthaduffy8386 2 года назад

I've cut perennial phlox for bouquets before and had an issue with it shedding quickly. Am I just not cutting the stems early enough? Love you're enthusiasm!

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

Perennial Phlox should be cut when 50% of the blooms are open for longest vase life.

@sarahturps1384 2 года назад

You may get powdery mildew by August. Just a heads-up.

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

The annual phlox are not as susceptible as the perennial phlox. I saw some signs of powdery mildew in early September but not much and it was a VERY wet 2021!

@ojet013 2 года назад

Do you harvest them fully open for cut flowers?

@krystalnebel7304 2 года назад

I seen a hummingbird moth for the first time 2 seasons ago. I didnt know what it was until my husband said something to me. I do think they are magical. I didnt know that there was annual phlox. I have perennial ones. Can u pinch them back and make them bushy.

@stephaniecooper7796 2 года назад

Thank you for such a great video!! Maybe I missed it (and I don't mind watching flower videos again 😉 ) but did you transplant straight out from your grow room? Or did you do any hardening off method for a few days before tucking those puppies in? I wish I had more space for all the flowers, let alone more phlox. Ugh, can I just move in with you?

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

Everything is always hardened off for a few days. I use my porch as a protected space.

@stephaniecooper7796 2 года назад

I figured as much, but wanted to check with my #1 expert! I take it that's a "no" on moving in? 😁 Just kidding. Colorado is a long ways away.

@carahoglund5266 2 года назад

My Sugar Starts Phlox from Baker's Creek last year did not germinate at all either :(

@Bethreviews 2 года назад

Just getting started and so inspired by you! But, how in the world do you find an insurance company to cover this type of business 😖 I can pretty much only find people willing to cover farmer market vendor liability only!

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

Umbrella Policy!

@earthlovingmomma1703 2 года назад

Any way we can get a video of what all you succession plant?

@sponsorcommittee653 2 года назад

How many times did you pinch your patch???

@leah387 2 года назад

Will you explain s l o w l y your pinching method. Mine did great after a 2-year fail after I soil-blocked, but they did grow pretty crazy and “branch-y”. It sounds like pinching them might be the final secret to success?

@amyjones2490 2 года назад

Where do you get biodegradable film?

@laurieclarkson9180 2 года назад

I can't get it to last in the vase. It falls apart :( Any tricks or tips on how to correctly harvest?

@backwoodsbaby9729 2 года назад

Can you do a video like this on snapdragons? I have no idea how to get long stems..and they scare me.

@angelenaj0Li3 2 года назад

I’m trying direct sowing of it this year! Do you need a lot of successions, or not really if you keep up with pinching and cutting them? I read that they tend to get floppy and weird growth habit at first but keep pinching and they’ll get taller!

@FlowerHillFarm 2 года назад

I just did two successions