The crisp weather has finally arrived in Memphis, and we are cleaning up and preparing for next season. We’ve already done quite a bit to ensure that we’ll have a bounty of flowers come spring – but now we’re turning our attention to next fall.
Many of our heirloom chrysanthemums, which start to bloom in late September, are not hardy. That means that they won’t survive our typical winter conditions. In order to ensure we’ve got plenty of our favorite varieties next fall, we’re taking cuttings to create new plants. If we’re lucky, these cuttings will start forming root systems over the next month or so. These little plants will stay indoors under grow lights until the warm weather arrives next spring.
Growing flowers is so much about timing. It’s remarkable how far in advance we need to plan in order to have the flowers we want to use in our floral designs. In fact, the decisions we make now will largely dictate what we have available to use in our bridal bouquets, DIY flower buckets, and flower deliveries next fall. Trends may change between now and then, but we’re confident that we’ll have no shortage of gorgeous blooms to offer.
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