Perennials used for Cut Flowers

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Establishing and growing ornamental perennials for cut flowers reaps great satisfaction for gardeners.

In my early days I would "help" my dad take cuttings from his prized flowers and exhibiting them in the dining room. He was proud of his garden and this was his way to show off. Of course when a neighbor or friend would make a comment, he would "have" to take them to the garden.

Most everybody buys flowers for certain occasions. The floral industry is huge, due to the large variety and the events associated with them.

The following is a list of some outstanding ornamental perennial cut flowers prized by gardeners.

• Achillea (Yarrow, Milfoil)
• Aconitum (Monkshood)
• Ajania
• Alchemilla (Lady's Mantle)
• Alstroemeria
• Alyssoides (Bladder Pod)
• Amorpha (Lead Plant)
• Anaphalis (Everlasting)
• Anchusa (Italian Bugloss, Alkanet)
• Anemone
• Aquilegia (Columbine)
• Arabis (Rock Cress)
• Armeria (Thrift, Sea Pink)
• Artemisia species (Wormwood)
• Aruncus (Goatsbeard)
• Asclepias (Silkweed, Butterfly Milkweed)
• Aster
• Astilbe (Spirea)
• Baptisia (False, Blue Indigo)
• Belamcanda (Blackberry Lily)
• Bellis (English Daisy)
• Bergenia
• Boltonia
• Campanula (Bellflower)
• Catananche (Cupid's Dart)
• Centaurea
• Chrysanthemum
• Conoclinium (Mist Flower, Hardy Ageratum)
• Coreopsis (Tickseed)
• Daucus
• Delphinium
• Dianthus species
• Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
• Dictamnus (Gas Plant)
• Dodecatheon (Shooting Star)
• Doronicum (Leopard's Bane)
• Echinacea (Coneflower)
• Echinops (Globe Thistle)
• Erigeron (Fleabane)
• Eryngium (Sea Holly)
• Eupatorium (Mist Flower)
• Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
• Geum species (Avens)
• Goniolimon
• Gypsophila (Baby's Breath)
• Helenium (Helen's Flower, Sneezeweed)
• Helianthus (Sunflower)
• Heliopsis (Sunflower)
• Helleborus (Lenten Rose)
• Hemerocallis (Daylily)
• Heuchera (Coral Bells, Alumroot)
• Heucherella
• Hosta (Funkia)
• Inula (Sunray Flower)
• Iris (Flag, Fleur-De-Lis)
• Knautia (Scabiosa rumelica)
• Kniphofia (Tritoma, Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily)
• Krascheninnikovia (Winter Fat)
• Lathyrus (Sweet Pea)
• Leucanthemella
• Leucanthemum (Shasta, Shasta Daisy)
• Liatris (Blazing Star, Gayfeather)
• Ligularia (Leopard Plant)
• Lilium (Lily)
• Limonium (Statice, Sea Lavender)
• Lobelia (Cardinal Flower)
• Lunaria (Honesty, Money Plant, Silver Dollar)
• Lupinus (Lupine)
• Lychnis (Campion, Catchfly)
• Lysimachia
• Monarda (Bee Balm, Horsemint)
• Myosotis (Forget-Me-Not)
• Paeonia (Peony)
• Papaver (Poppy)Penstemon (Beardtongue, Firecracker)
• Perovskia (Russian Sage)
• Phlox species
• Physalis
• Physostegia (False Dragonhead, Obedience Plant)
• Platycodon (Balloon Flower)
• Primula (Primrose)
• Rodgersia
• Rosa
• Rudbeckia (Prairie Coneflower)
• Salvia (Sage)
• Saponaria (Soapwort)
• Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower)
• Sedum (Stonecrop)
• Seseli (Moon Carrot)
• Sidalcea (False Mallow, Checkerbloom)
• Solidago (Goldenrod)
• Solidaster
• Spiranthes (Ladies' Tresses)
• Stokesia ((Stoke Aster)
• Tanacetum (Costmary, Bible Leaf)
• Teucrium (Germander)
• Thalictrum (Meadow Rue)
• Thermopsis (False Lupine, Bush Pea)
• Trollius (Globeflower)
• Verbascum species (Mullein)
• Veronica (Speedwell)

Grasses

• Briza (Quaking Grass)
• Cortaderia (Pampas)
• Helictotrichon (Oatgrass)
• Hystrix (Bottle Brush)
• Miscanthus
• Panicum (Switchgrass)
• Pennisetum
• Saccharum
• Stipa (Needlegrass, Feathergrass)