Flowers

We love growing flowers. The benefits of a flower garden go far beyond the initial beauty. Flowers in the garden bring so much joy!

– Your flowers will bring pollinators to help other gardens as well!
– Flower gardens make it easy to bring cut flowers into your home whenever you want.
– Flowers add beautiful color all around your home, inside and out.

Growing Flowers in Zone 6b

We are so excited to be growing many different flowers, both annuals and perennials. We’ll cover seeds and bulbs, bulbils, bulblets, and more.

Some of the flowers you may expect to see on here include:

  • Lilies
  • Peonies
  • Sunflowers
  • Cosmos
  • Marigolds
  • Zinnias
  • Nasturtium
  • Daisies
  • Daffodils
  • Hyacinths
  • And More!

Cutting Garden

This year a big gardening goal and focus for our family will be a gorgeous cutting garden! We look forward to enjoying fresh flowers inside the home and also surprising friends and neighbors.

Flower Topics

Some of the flower gardening content you can look forward to here on Bunny’s Garden may include:

Flower gardens offer beauty, serenity, and joy that can spread from one garden to another. Save your seeds to share with another gardener to multiply the beauty from one garden to the next.

Here you’ll also discover some tips and tricks on propagating flowers. We’ll share videos on these topics as well.

Check back here for all the posts on growing flowers, starting flower seeds, and more.

7 Ideas for Things Do with Funeral Flowers (Preserve / Propagate)
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7 Ideas for Things Do with Funeral Flowers (Preserve / Propagate)

I wish to start out by extending my sincerest condolences for your loss. Losing someone close to you is never easy and I am deeply sorry. As a special tribute, have you considered many different ways of preserving funeral flowers? These ideas can help to honor your loved one’s memory in a beautiful way. Some…

Zinnia Flower Color Change & More Color Manipulation in Flowers
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Zinnia Flower Color Change & More Color Manipulation in Flowers

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Zinnia Breeding – Hand Pollination to Create Hybrid Zinnias
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Zinnia Breeding – Hand Pollination to Create Hybrid Zinnias

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