My Largest Lisianthus Harvest!!! A Home Gardener's Cut Flower Garden in Zone 5B! You Can Do It Too!
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Garden Gals and Guys, I'm shouting it from the rooftops...today I have my largest Lisianthus harvest to date here in Zone 5B!!! I'm talking an armful of blooms and I couldn't be happier! Come along with me in my cut flower garden as I harvest:
Voyage 2 White Lisianthus
Voyage 2 Champagne Lisianthus
Rosanne Black Pearl Lisianthus
Rosanne Brown Lisianthus (makes an appearance - isn't ready for harvesting yet)
It's my third season growing these and I've finally hit my stride! The first year I started with a whopping 4 plants that made it to bloom, last year I probably had around 30 - ish, and this year I've got nearly 100 or so! When starting Lisianthus from seed this year, I believe soil blocking made the difference for me. This was the first year I used soil blocks and the difference in my germination rate was staggering! I simply transplanted the soil blocks up into larger cell trays after a month or two and they took off better than ever for me. I'll use the same method of seed starting for them next year as well!
It's a labor of love with Lisianthus, but if you're up for a challenge and enjoy delayed gratification (it takes 6 months to see a bloom from the time you plant the seed) then definitely get your hands on Lisianthus seed and give it a go! My personal favorite place to find Lisianthus seed is from Johnny's Select Seeds, which also has amazing growing information available.
Varieties Available:
www.johnnyseed...
Growing Guide:
www.johnnyseed...
Disaster does strike at one point in this video, but we get through it. My beloved Lisianthus blooms suffer some casualties, but it ends up segwaying us into getting the ever-beautiful armful of blooms photo and thumbnail, which is a first for me, so I'll take it!
If you enjoyed this video or found it helpful, please subscribe to my channel and "like" this video! Comment below and let me know how your Lisianthus are coming along and if you've been able to harvest anything yet from your cut flower gardens!
Thanks for watching! Happy Planting!
-Steph
AKA Tiny
---------------------------
Amazon Affiliate Links*
Seed Packet Storage Container - amzn.to/3Y4HurB
Green Potting Tub - amzn.to/3iBvFKD
Colored Trays - amzn.to/3kbJbF7
Red Potato Masher - amzn.to/3GFGrr1
Painters Tape - amzn.to/3H1WYHf
Garden Marker - amzn.to/3GHdoUf
Temperature Monitor - amzn.to/3H2o5SD
ARS Shears - amzn.to/3iFNube
Gnat Sticky Traps - amzn.to/3XqDm4Q
Vermont Compost Co. Fort Vee Potting Soil - amzn.to/3QCUXEF
Heat Mats - amzn.to/3H4Nhb2 and amzn.to/3Xx9wvS
Neptune's Harvest Fertilizer - amzn.to/3GImhg1
Electrical Outlet w/ Timer - amzn.to/3GKmzTR
Hunter BTT Timer For Drip System - amzn.to/41YFDXf
Colorful Seed Saving Envelopes: amzn.to/458ZBQO
*You can support my channel by using these links, as I get a small commission, but please know I only link things I recommend! Thank you for supporting my channel!
---------------------------
Business Inquiries: tinys.garden1@gmail.com
---------------------------
I do the same thing with my flowers - I give them away. This world needs more spontaneous bouquets! I'm a nurse, so I give the majority to my patients!!
I love that phrase, Karen! "The world needs more spontaneous bouquets!" How true is that! I bet every one of your patients appreciate it. Cheers!
I'm a newbie gardener. I asked a local florist what their favorite cut flower was......and it was lisianthes (which I wasn't familiar with). Well, after seeing yours, I know why they love lisianthes. Great video. Funny, and real. The flower upset. Glad they survived and still looked beautiful!
Thank you, Diane! It took me a few years, but I got there with them this year! It's an AMAZING flower, especially for cutting! Thanks for your kind words! :) I'm SUPER glad they survived!
Your flowers look better than most of the flower farmers on RUclips!!!! You don't need courage to sell your flowers. Just do ot😊
Hi Evelyn! Wow, thank you! You're definitely feeding the fire with your encouragement, which I need! We'll see if I can get some bouquets together here at the end of the season and give it a go. Jury is still out on if it will happen, but I'm starting to get more confident, so it's a start!
It's like you read my mind. I grew lisianthus for the first time and love them but had no idea how to cut them. Thank you so much.
Oh, perfect! I’m glad it was helpful! Enjoy your blooms 😀🥰
Omgosh! Stunning Lisianthis! Congrats on your success. You are so sweet and funny! New sub!
Hi Nikki! Welcome! Thank you very much! I'm pretty proud of these Lissie blooms this year after a few years of dialing it in on 'em! Aw, I appreciate that. I can't wait to tell my husband a subscriber thinks I'm funny...we have a running joke that he's 10% funny and I'm 20% funny lol. I hope you enjoy my channel. Thanks for commenting and being here! Cheers!
I planted lisianthus this year for the first time after watching your videos. I’m so happy I did! They are my new favorite! So beautiful! The vase life, the insect resistance , the coloring, just can’t be beat.
Right?! This makes me so happy, Amanda! They’re the best! I’m glad you gave them a try and are loving them. I’ve had insect trouble this year and I haven’t seen one bug bite on them. Stellar cut flowers! Enjoy all your blooms! Thank you for sharing! 😀
I think every gardener felt your pain when the bucket fell over. A few weeks ago I tried tying my rose bush climber back and I broke a huge branch off of it! I ugly cried. 😂
The tragedy is real when those moments happen! Won’t be the first or land time, right?! We just roll with it!
Oh my lord, those are so gorgeous. I really went crazy this year with trying so many different cut flowers. Went a bit crazy with over 600 sweet peas just for starters. 😂 This is one that is a must for me but of course Johnny's was out of all the seeds I wanted with the Lisianthus so I'm going to start buying seeds NOW. Thats 6 months and ALOT of patience. I'm not quite sure if I'm ready. This video has made me think, yes absolutely.😂 I totally need more raised beds. I'm putting them out on my side yard next year. It's nuts that I'm already excited for next spring. Plus, I've decided I'm going to start things even earlier and push the limits. 🤗
Thank you, Mary! You sound like me with buying so many different varieties! But, wow, you've got me beat with 600 sweet peas! I'm telling you now that I'll be your Lisianthus cheerleader from afar - go for it! It may take a couple years to have great results with them, so no better time to start than the present! I'm glad my video is egging you on...do it! I pushed the limits this year and it's worked out great. And I've loved my raised beds ever since we put them in. They work amazingly well! Cheers and good luck!
Gorgeous. I have Voyage 2 First Love and they are gorgeous, the blooms are the size of my hands.
Yesss, I keep hearing fabulous things about First Love! It’s on my list for next year.
You are doing the kindest thing.. giving those beauties away and making someone feel special ❤
I sure hope so! So far everyone seems to enjoy them! ☺️
Well you are Miss America! in my book Never heard of lisianthus until your video. These are going to be growing along with my Dahlias Next year!
Haha! Thank you, Tracy! I'm super honored to be the one to introduce you to them...you'll love them! After the long waiting process of growing them, the first bloom is always a spectacular delight! :) Good luck and enjoy!
Yay! You got your Floret pose. Even after disaster 😂. Love those snow white lizzies ❤
YES! That's it...a good way to put it! My Floret pose! Isn't that how life is sometimes...disaster strikes and somehow we can find a rainbow in the midst of it all. I'm telling you my blood pressure spiked for a hot minute, but it all worked out. Though next year I'm aiming for ZERO casualties from a bucket fall! :)
Absolutely ❤️ your flower garden. I am in eastern Michigan, so close to your zone. Great information & thank you! But I ABSOLUTELY ❤️❤️❤️ your sweet gardener pup ❤️🐾❤️
Thank you! Not too far from me! My pleasure! Awww, thank you! Axel is my fond companion in the garden no doubt! I'm glad when others get a kick out of him as much as I do! He brings a real handsome element to the landscape. :)
Congratulations on such a successful year of lisianthus growing! They are stunning.
Thank you, Karen! After 3 years I think I finally got it! They’re worth it 😀
2nd year growing lisianthus for me in Zone 4b in Maine - just getting blooms, Rosanne Green is my current favorite ❤️
Yayyy! Glad to hear you're starting to see blooms! That's one I've never grown before...I may need to add her to the list for next year. The list I'm afraid is getting quite long!
Hello from Colorado! I just discovered your channel.and I’m hooked! I love your energy and passion for gardening. You also reacted the same way I would have, when your beautiful Lisianthus bucket fell over! 😏 Your flowers are gorgeous! I can’t wait to watch all your past videos. I will be sure to buckle up! 😉😊
BAHAHAHA! Buckle up is right! That had me laughing out loud. You've come to the right channel my friend! But for real, happy you're here and are enjoying my content! I hope you're not sweltering in Colorado right now...it's a zillion degrees here. Thank you for your sweet comments!
Son muchas flores
Thank you, Yesid! :)
❤❤❤❤
Thank you, husband!
BEAUTIFUL! Lisianthus are definitely alot of work. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! They sure are. I've spent three years waiting for this day LOL, but it's arrived and I'm loving it!
Hey Steph! OMG your lissies are GOR--GE--OUS! i had to remove and transplant my lissies after we fell a mimosa tree a few feet away and a giant Leland cypress tree on the other side of the yard.. The area now receives at least 8 hrs. of sun! Yeah! The lissies and the dahlias survived the transplanting ordeal with temps in the 90s! Looking forward to next year's garden. Well done, Steph! Love them Lisianthus!
Hi Cristine! Thank youuuu! 😆 Oh wow, you’ve had to do some rearranging! Glad it’s worked out well for you and that all you flowers survived! We’re getting the heat wave this week and I’m feelin’ it! 🥵 Thanks for your support! 🤗
This is my third year flower farming and second year growing lisianthus and I’m so excited to see how well they’re doing ! Totally understand the panic when the bucket fell over !
I’ve been using the hortanova netting for Lisi, zinnias, snaps, cosmos and several other crops, it’s definitely worth the hassle. I just used dollar store green tomato stakes which was a lot cheaper than t-posts and easier to get into the ground (raised beds).
Happy gardening 😊
@@mienkedezoete2146 Glad to hear yours are doing well! That’s good to hear about the hortonova netting…for all those things you just mentioned I think I should use it next year too. Genius idea with the green tomato stakes from the dollar store! Thank you! 😀
I thought I replied to this, but it doesn't seem to be showing!@@mienkedezoete2146 I'm definitely going to try the netting next year...congrats on successfully growing your lisianthus! Good luck on the rest of your flower farming season!
My lisianthus are beautiful! A labor of love.❤. I gasped too when I heard the bucket tip over. But glad most of them were fine.
Hello hello! I’m so glad to hear! 🥰 That’s an excellent way to put it - they are a labor of love! My goodness, I’m still finding some grass on them, but for the most part they’re okay…it would happen on my most prized harvest! 😂🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
I’m on the same journey with cut flowers. Trying lisianthus and ranunculus this season 😅 zone 5ish Ontario Canada, thank you for sharing! The tipping bucket literally happens to me all the time 😮
You’ll be hooked if it goes well…and if it doesn’t, try again next year!!! They’re worth it!
Just wanted to also Congratulate you and let you know I’m happy to have found your channel!
Oh Steph! Well done.
Hi Joyce! Thank you so much! It's been certainly gratifying to see and hold these blooms!
Stunning Lisianthus! I haven't used netting before but l want to sell some flowers this year so l am using jute netting to cut down on plastic.
Thank you! That’s a great idea…I didn’t know jute netting existed!
Congratulations on your lisianthus success! You should be proud because we start them in cold and snowy January. We spend a lot of time with them until we get them outside in the ground. I noticed a big problem this year with the Lisianthus seeds not all being the correct variety. I also had 2 blue similar to you in my Roseanne Black Pearl lisianthus. My Roseanne Brown had 4 peach mixed in. My Clear Green had a white. My Ophira was supposed to be a peach/soft pink but all of them are a soft, soft yellow. However, I am enjoying them all. The only varieties that were 100% correct were the Allemande White, Voyage 2 Champagne and First Love lisianthus. The difficulty now is deciding which ones to grow and how many next year. Enjoy your beautiful lisianthus!
Thank you, Sue! That's for sure...a lot of "coddling" if you will haha! Interesting that you've had some other varieties mixed in this year. I've not even heard of the peach! I'm also so intrigued by this Ophira variety...I've gone down the Google search hole and haven't found much about it! First Love is definitely on my list for next year...preparation for next year is underway! Thanks for all your encouragement and support, Sue!
They are SO beautiful! I want to try Lisianthus next year. Any recommendations for a first time lizzie grower? They seem daunting!
Hello! Thank you! They're the prettiest...I'm tellin' you! My recommendation is to just start, which sounds like a lazy recommendation, but I promise that's what I did and now in the third year, I seemed to have figured it out! I DEFINITELY recommend starting them in soil blocks because that seems to be the biggest difference from the previous years (started in cell trays) vs. this year. I had MUCH better germination right off the bat, so I had much more to work with. Be patient with them because they take for-ev-er, but to me that adds to how gratifying they are when they bloom! As far as specific varieties I think Voyage 2 White and Voyage 2 Champagne are stunning...you can get really creative with some varieties like Picotee varieties, but I prefer the classic Voyage varieties (ruffly petals). Also, buy 2-3 seed packs if your budget allows because you'll likely lose several in the beginning...I've killed SO many, but even if you get a few you'll be hooked and get better and better! OR you'll be a rock star and master them in your first year in which case, you'll need to tell me your secrets! :) All that to say, just start! I hope this novel is helpful to you!
@@TinysGarden Oh I love this, thank you!
@@karispauly2626 My pleasure!
I planted one plug that I ordered and ordered seeds that I can’t wait to get planted for next summer. Do they come back every year or do you have to plant them every year
In my zone of 5B/6A I have to plant every year
Mine didnt make it to the ground.they slowly died when i pot them up.😢
Ohhhh man, that is a bummer! They’re tricky - no doubt about it. I had 4 make it my first year. Try and try again my friend!
@@TinysGarden im going to try again next year.
Excellent! I love to hear it!@@gracieshomeandgardens5089