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Out of the Wilds and Into Your Garden
The Cuttings Garden
C.M. Vadheim and T. Drake
CSUDH & Madrona Marsh Preserve
Gardening with Western L.A. County Native Plants Madrona Marsh Preserve
Project SOUND – 2011 (our 7th year) April 2 & 5, 2011
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Do you like cut-flowers? Cut-flowers make our lives more
colorful and interesting
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How do you want to use your cut-
Should you have a cuttings garden?
flowers Light use
Occasional arrangements
featuring plants that are
currently blooming
To supplement non-native
flowers
Won’t require as much planning
Heavy use
Regular (weekly) arrangements
Special occasions that require
lots of flowers
‘flower-laden’ bouquets
Will require you to think about
supply requirements
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http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2010/05/
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Advantages to creating a cuttings Cuttings gardens need not be unattractive…
garden
…but it’s sensible to locate them in
Where flowers are used in large volume an area where they are not a focal
in the home, their removal from borders point when not at their peak.
and other landscaped areas may detract
from the intended effect. Old-time gardeners often included
cut-flowers in the vegetable
By providing a special cut-flower garden,
the gardener can plan for these needs garden where they could tend and
without diminishing landscape plantings. harvest them easily.
The well-planned cutting garden also Finer estates would sometimes
offers another very practical advantage: have a separate area devoted to
annuals and perennials may be
conveniently and efficiently grown in rows
producing the favorite cut-flowers
or raised beds/containers where they are of the family.
easily gathered and maintained.
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What makes a good cut-flower? The ‘traditional’ home grown cut-
flowers span the seasons
Interesting flowers Winter and early spring
Nice shape
Daffodils: October to April
Large size
Cymbidium orchids: January to June
Pretty or unusual colors
Late spring and summer
Other characteristics Tulips: May to June
Scented flower or foliage Agapanthus: June to August
Interesting foliage Lilies: June to August
Delphiniums: June to July
Good ‘holding power’ Roses: June to September
Sweet peas: June to August
Look good for at least 3-4
Dahlias: July to September
days if not longer
Autumn
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/eschscholzia_californica.shtml Chrysanthemums: Oct. to December
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An early spring bouquet Woolyleaf Ceanothus – Ceanothus tomentosus
Inspiration from the past…
© 2010 Barry Breckling
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Woolyleaf Ceanothus – Ceanothus tomentosus Woolyleaf Ceanothus is a large shrub
Foothills and lower (< 3500 ft)
Size:
elevations of Sierra Nevada,
6-12 ft tall
South Coast, San Bernardino
Mountains, Peninsular Ranges 6-10 ft wide
South into Baja Growth form:
Dense, woody shrub
Scattered on dry, shrubby Slender branches with
slopes in chaparral reddish bark
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Moderate growth rate
Introduced into cultivation in
California by Theodore Payne. Foliage:
© 2009 Thomas Stoughton
Leaves medium to gray-
‘"A medium sized shrub 4 to 8
green; shiny above, hairy
feet high, with rather slender beneath
branches and reddish brown
Evergreen
bark. “
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/codiferous/417993994/
Woolyleaf Ceanothus: Soils:
Flowers: Ceanothus Chaparral species Texture: well-drained, rocky
pH: any local
Blooms:
Early spring - usually in Light:
Feb-Mar or Apr in western Full sun
L.A. Co.
Water:
Flowers: Winter: needs good winter
Color ranges from very light rains; supplement if needed
© 2009 Thomas Stoughton blue to bright blue – see it in Summer: best with occasional
bloom before purchasing
© 2008 Chris Winchell
water (Zone 1-2; maybe 2 in
Typical small Ceanothus very well-drained soils)
flowers in dense clusters –
make a wonderful bouquet Fertilizer: use an organic mulch to
Sweet scent supply additional nutrients
Attracts bees
Other: prune after blooming
Seeds: in sticky capsule that period if needed/desired; can be
opens, releasing seeds trained to tree or hedge-sheared
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Many ways to use Ceanothus is striking with other spring
bloomers
As a large evergreen accent
shrub
Trained as a small tree
Espaliered along a wall
In a hedge or hedgerow
Etc.
http://mostlymedicinals.blogspot.com/
© 2010 Barry Breckling
http://www.westernhort.org/plant_notes200804%20.html
http://flowerbrained.com/2009/12
© 2001 George W. Hartwell /05/man-flowers/
http://www.theodorepayne.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Ceanothus_tomentosus_var._olivaceus
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The same color tricks we learned in
garden design also apply to Purples theme
floral arrangements – late spring
Eriogonum
fasciculatum (or any
white-flowered
buckwheat)
Eriogonum grande
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dballentine/3655531259/
rubescens
Salvia clevelandii (or
any Salvia)
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http://iometro.blogspot.com/2010/11/color-spotlight.html
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Common perennials have long been Bluedicks – Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum
popular as cut flowers
Achillea millefolia
Aster species
Allium species
Aquilegia
Ascepias species
Coreopsis species
Dryopteris & other ferns
Helianthus species
Iris species
Lilium species
Penstemon species
Spring bulbs
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* Wild Hyacinth – Dichelostemma multiflorum * Wild Hyacinth – Dichelostemma multiflorum
NW California, n Sierra Nevada,
uncommon in San Francisco Bay Area
Open woodlands, foothill grasslands,
scrublands
Formerly Brodiaea multiflora ; AKA
Wildtooth Snakelily
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1
&taxon_id=242101566
J.S. Peterson @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database
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Wild Hyacinth is a typical Dichelostema Dichelostema are easy & reliable from corms
Size: Plant bigger corms 3-4 inches
1-2 ft tall deep and smaller corms 1-2 inches
< 1 ft wide deep
Growth form: Plant in
well-drained soil; garden or pot
Perennial from a corm
in full sun (plants can tolerate
Dies back to corn kin dry afternoon sun)
summers; re-sprouts with the in the autumn – just before the
fall/winter rains
© 2002 Christina Raving
rains
Foliage: Space the corms 1-6 inches apart.
Strap-like leaves
If gophers are a problem, dig a
Leaves start to die back before
hole and line it with chicken wire
spring flowering
mesh or make a cage for corms.
Corm: can bed baked & eaten like Water the plants (wet, not soggy)
new potatoes and then wait for the winter rains.
Mark W. Skinner @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database
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can/penasquitos_final.htm
Flowers: showier than
Dichelostema are very easy to grow from seed
Blue Dicks
Use seed collected from local sources
Blooms: in spring - usually Mar-
Best planted in fall – stratify (cold
April (but may be as early as Feb &
late as May)
exposure) if other
Flowers: Scatter seeds and rake them lightly
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/dichelostemma
into well-drained soil ; full or partial
Typical small, trumpet-shaped
flowers of Dichelostema sunlight.
Flowers in ball-like clusters at http://hazmac.biz/080421/080421DichelostemmaMultiflorum.html Water the seeds after planting and
ends of long stalks water again when the surface is dry to
Color: lavender or purple; may the touch. Water the seeds gently so
be more pink you don’t exhume the seed.
Loved by Skipper butterflies
Light sweet scent Protect the seeds from animals and
cold, dry winds, and from weed
competition
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Dichelostema (and other bulbs) can be started in pots Summer dry - required
Soils:
Texture: any well-drained
Plant as usual; cover lightly pH: any local
Water seedlings through the spring. Light:
Full sun & warm; thrives on hot,
At the beginning of hot weather, when sunny conditions, can plant near
leaves start to yellow, cease watering rocks, rock mulch
During summer: Water:
Move pots to a darker area, such as a Winter/spring: needs adequate
carport, garage or dry shady spot outdoors water through blooming period;
Keep a screen on pots to keep out foraging taper off watering as blooms wane
animals.
After blooming: Zone 1; must have
When the weather cools down again, move summer dry for corm health &
the pots back outside and go through a good seed set
full rain or watering cycle once again. Fertilizer: none; likes poor soils
Will take several years (usually 3) to Other: thin corms every 3 years (or
reach flowering size when become crowded) in fall
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Dichelostema brighten CA native bulb Feb-Mar
the spring garden Blue Dicks/Wild Hyacinth
calendar Local Oniona (Allium)
As an attractive pot plant Sisyrinchium begins
Early Calochortus
Tucked around summer-dry shrubs
In prairie/grassland planting Mar-April
Sisyrinchium
Be sure to include in spring bouquets N. Coastal Onions
Meadow Onion
Coastal Onion
Goldenstars
© 2004 Carol W. Witham
Calochortus
May-June
CA native bulbs are perfect Calochortus
for those difficult to water Lilies
areas of the garden
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Some onions make good cut flowers The Wild Onions – genus Allium
Over fifty species of Alliums growing in CA.
Most are easy to grow & multiply rapidly in the
garden.
Species that are native to the mountains or
moist meadows, such as Allium unifolium, prefer
full sun and regular watering all season.
The majority of wild onions are from dry, rocky
habitats and need good drainage with summer
drought.
Most Alliums are well-suited to rock gardens,
where they can be planted in colonies among
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22744855@N08/fa
vorites/page12/ short-growing Brodiaeas.
Their lovely pompom blooms can also be
displayed to advantage when planted in groups
towards the front of the mixed, dry perennial
border.
Unfortunately, our local Allium haematochiton is not one of them
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Meadow Onion – Allium unifolium
Two types of Alliums
Allium species can be lumped into two types, those
that have true bulbs, and those that grow from
rhizomes with less-developed vestigial bulbs
attached to them.
The bulbous alliums tend to grow and flower early,
then go completely dormant afterwards.
The "rhizomatous" alliums tend to be season-long
growers and flower much later in summer.
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Meadow Onion: looks like an ornamental
Meadow Onion – Allium unifolium
onion Size:
Native to NW and western 1-2 ft tall; may need to stake
< 2 ft wide
central CA (down to Santa
Barbara co.) – lower Growth form: herbaceous
elevations perennial from a bulb
Foliage:
Grassy stream banks in pine
Medium to gray-green
http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=8237&flora_id=1
or mixed evergreen forest Leaves strap-like; remain green
in the coastal ranges through flowering (tips may
yellow)
Sometimes on cliffs near http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/category/plants/california-natives-plants/bulbs/
the ocean Bulbs: not what you usually think
of as an onion; small & rounded – at
ends of short rhizomes
Usually in moist clay or
serpentine soils Plant bulbs 2” deep in fall
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Flowers: ooh-la-la!! Easy even in Soils:
conventional gardens Texture: well-drained
Blooms: pH: any local
Spring-summer; usually May-
June but varies with weather
Light: full sun to light shade; ½ day sun
works just fine
(heat; rains)
Blooms for ~ 3 weeks Water:
Flowers: Winter: needs good winter rains;
supplement if needed
Super-showy; pink or lavender,
pastel Summer: takes some summer water
Typical for onions; small star- © 2007 Mike Ireland (Zone 2 or 2-3; let dry out in late
shaped flowers in open cluster summer/fall); other bulb species for
Makes a lovely cut flower – summer water include Allium validum
sweet fragrance (Pacific/ Swamp Onion) and Triteleia
peduncularis (Marsh Triteleia)
Seeds:
Small, black seeds in papery Fertilizer: fine with some fertilizer &
capsule organic amendments
Easy to collect & grow Other: may need to thin occasionally
© 2007 Neal Kramer
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For garden or bouquet
Tricks for maintaining CA native bulbs
As an showy container plant
With non-native bulbs or natives
that require a little water
In rain garden, swale or veg.
garden
Sunny edges in a woodland garden
http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2009/04/allium-unifolium/
Will naturalize – lovely massed
Maintenance tip: In early summer, remove the dried stalks
for neatness. Be sure to collect the seeds for propagation or
for trading with fellow gardeners.
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Harvesting & preparing your cut-flowers Keys to Keeping Cut Flowers Fresh
Harvest during the coolest time of day
when they are crisp and turgid—early Give them water.
morning or late evening.
Remove lower foliage that would remain Give them food.
underwater in the storage container.
Protect them from
Cut stems with a sharp instrument,
making the cuts underwater if possible. decay or infection.
This prevents air bubbles from 'clogging'
http://www.finegardening.com/plants/articles/allur the stems. Keep them cool and out
of direct sunlight.
e-of-lavender.aspx
Place the materials in clean containers of
lukewarm water with preservative added
(room temperature up to 100 degrees F.).
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Cut-flower preservatives Making your own floral preservative –
experiment to see what works with
Contain nutrients, preservatives different species
& disinfectants
Can be purchased (probably Cut Flower Preservative Recipe #1
better) or made at home 2 cups lemon-lime carbonated beverage (e.g., Sprite™ or 7-Up™)
(cheaper & probably OK) 1/2 teaspoon household chlorine bleach
2 cups warm water
Mix the floral preservative using
Cut Flower Preservative Recipe #2
warm water (100-110°F or 38- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice or white vinegar
40°C) because it will move into 1 to 2 tablespoon sugar (use 2 with vinegar)
the stems more effectively than 1/2 teaspoon household chlorine bleach
cold water. Chlorine in tap water 1 quart warm water
http://www.hk94.com/B002SVJP5U.shtml
is fine, since it acts as a natural
disinfectant.
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Managing your cut-flowers: cleanliness Designing flower arrangement is a
course in itself
Always keep cut material in water while
designing. This will prevent wilt due to
the loss of water through transpiration.
Always design in clean containers that
have been filled with preservative
water.
After each use, clean storage
containers, vases, liners, and needle
point holders with a soapy Clorox
http://www.sunset.com/garden/flowers-plants/how-to-
design-hot-color-flower-garden-
00400000041320/page2.html
solution, to kill all bacteria.
Use a floral preservative to provide
nutrients and to prevent bacterial http://onecharmingparty.com/2009/12/02/what-im-reading-jane-packers-guide-to-
http://treefalldesign.typepad.com/tree_fall/2006/04/flower_arrangin.html
growth. flower-arranging/
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A few simple tips from the pros
A few simple tips from the pros
Four main components:
A standard, mixed floral arrangement will
Filler flowers: used to edge the
have four main components:
container or fill in any gaps in the
Focal flowers : usually tall, large or arrangement. These flowers
unique flowers to grab your attention. solidify the color scheme and hide
Generally use only a few of these – one to unattractive stems. Use as many as
five, depending on the size of your necessary to complete the desired
http://www.hnfflorist.com/howtomakelargeflowerarrangements.html container. shape and balance.
Intermediate flowers: one-third shorter Filler plant materials: attractive
than the focal flowers or have smaller foliage pieces, grasses or even
flowers that fit the chosen color scheme. feather and bark pieces are used to
Use approximately two times the number fill in any gaps and provide balance
of these flowers in the arrangement. to the arrangement.
http://wildsuburbia.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html
http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2009/05/11/interpreting-history-through-plants/
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White Fairy-lantern – Calochortus albus *Diogenes' lantern (Yellow globelily) –
Calochortus amabilis
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*Diogenes' lantern (Yellow globelily) – Diogenes' lantern: typical globelily
Calochortus amabilis
Size:
1-2 ft tall – usually ~ 1 ft
Native to mountains north of the San
Francisco Bay Area - < 3000 ft. elevation < 1 ft wide
Isolated pocket of survivors on Vulcan Growth form:
Peak in San Diego County. Herbaceous perennial from a bulb
Common, grassy hillsides and in open oak Dies back to bulb after flowering
woodlands Leaves grow back with winter rains
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora
_id=1&taxon_id=242101453
Foliage:
A few strap-like leaves
Leaves persist through flowering
Bulbs:
Elongated to teardrop shape
Can be baked or boiled and eaten
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Flowers are super Plant Requirements Soils:
Texture: well-drained (most
local)
Blooms: in spring: April- pH: any local except > 8.0
June in our area
Light:
Flowers: Part-shade best; morning sun
Bright, clear yellow with or dappled shade ideal
orange-red markings
Water:
Jo-Ann Ordano © California Academy of Sciences
Shaped like a globelily; Winter: needs adequate for
globe with wings (looks growth
like a lantern, hence the
common name) - ~ 1 inch Summer: needs summer dry
after flowering – taper to
In loose clusters – very Zone 1
unique, showy
Fertilizer: none; likes poor soils.
Seeds: in 4-chambered Organic mulches are fine.
pod; more oval than most
calochtus
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Let Diogenes’ Lantern spread a little light..
Let’s create a spring/ early summer
In native prairie with summer-dry
grasses, annual wildflowers bouquet to celebrate our CA heritage
Under oaks and other summer-
dry trees
Lovely massed or naturalized Suncups
As an attractive pot plant; may
need support Penstemons
Useful accent or filler flower Clarkias
Globe Gilia
Monardellas
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dballentine/3656336782/
Frithjof Holmboe © California Academy of Sciences © 2009 Barry Rice
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*Willow Mint – Monardella linoides ssp. viminea Mountain Monardella – Monardella odoratissima
J. E.(Jed) and Bonnie McClellan © California Academy of Sciences
© 2005 Jasmine J. Watts
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