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.
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.
Learn how to grow agrostemma flowers (corncockle) from seed: sowing, germination, transplanting, light and soil preferences, and harvesting information.