This luxe gown fashioned of florals from Johnny's cut-flower trial grounds is designed by our flower product manager, Hillary Alger, and modeled by our trial manager, Joy Longfellow, in a full embrace of the spirit of American Flowers Week.
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Amaranthus | Key Growing Information

Learn how to grow amaranthus flowers, including love-lies-bleeding, in the garden or field for cut flowers. Easy instructions from Johnny's Research Team.
American Flowers Week promotes domestic flowers and foliage in the marketplace, inspiring professionals and consumers alike. Here's a glimpse into the process whereby Johnny's flower team partnered with floral designer Rayne Grace Hoke on an interpretation of the late-summer gown — botanical couture for the goddess of the harvest.
Learn how to grow ammi/daucus flowers from seed, with instructions on sowing, germination, transplanting, light and soil preferences, and harvesting.
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Ammobium | Key Growing Information

Learn how to grow ammobium (winged everlasting) flowers from seed for cut flowers or bedding: sowing, germination, light and soil preferences, hardiness, harvesting, and drying.flowers from seed.
Learn how to grow sweet Annie (Artemisia annua) flowers from seed: sowing, germination, transplanting, light and soil preferences, and how and when to harvest.
Learn how to grow butterfly weed (aka asclepias, tropical milkweed) from seed: sowing, germination, transplanting, light and soil preferences, and harvest.
Learn how to grow Atriplex hortensis, ornamental orach, from seed: sowing, days to germination, light/soil requirements, spacing, hardiness, and harvesting.
Follow these recommendations for successful selection, sowing, and cultural production of baby-leaf leafy crops to be harvested as greens or salad mix components. Techniques are specific to baby leaf production for harvest at this maturity stage. This tech sheet outlines basic small-scale field production methods and primary aspects of producing a wide range of leafy salad greens.
See our checklist of must-have characteristics for an easy cut-flower garden. Here are three of the easiest, most reliable and productive cut flowers to get you started.
How long should cut flowers last in the vase? Read about the 5 key factors that influence vase life, so you understand how make your cut flower arrangements last longer, from the Flower Research & Trialing team at Johnny's Selected Seeds.
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Ageratum | Key Growing Information

Learn about growing ageratum flowers: germination, sowing, transplanting; spacing, light and soil requirements; and harvesting, from Johnny's Selected Seeds.