Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
Affordable Cut Flower Cottage Garden Essentials & Inspiration
31
items {ad} | This list contains affiliate links; I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. | A mixture of favorite essentials or just some inspiration of perennials, annuals, live plants, herbs, and seeds for an affordable, beginner-friendly, and po...
Sections
7
Seeds
Live Plants
Bulbs
Preplanned Garden
Books
Movies & Series
Seeds
{ad} Affordable and easy to germinate and grow seeds I have used and recommend for your #CutFlower or #CottageGarden!
{ad} This seed packet was one of the best purchases of 2026. There is a reason this is the first rec; it is beginner-friendly and by far the easiest flower to grow. I got a great germination rate and had more cosmos than I knew what to do with. I dir...
Cosmos Seeds Wildflower Mixture - 1oz
{ad} These giant zinnias are cut and come again and have a great germination rate! I sow in early January and succession-sow again in May.
Zinnia Seeds - California Giants Mix - Large 1 Ounce Packet - 3,000 Flower Seeds - Mixed Colors and Large Blooms
These cosmos are white and pink with a unique ruffle texture! I absolutly love these
Cosmos Double Click Bicolor Pink
Beautiful and unique white Zinnia!
Zinnia Zinderella Lilac
Snap Dragons are an easy-to-cut flower must-have! This is a beautiful pastel variety!
Snap Dragons Snapstar Champagne
Must-have for a cut flower garden. I have multiple colors and varieties, but this color is new for 2026 and is so beautiful!
Gomphrena Sequin
These are a must for dried and live flower arrangements!
Strawflower Seeds
This is a great cut flower I recommend that will take your arrangements from summer through fall!
Black Knight Scabiosa
I highly recommend this for pink lovers! Another pink blossom filler for bouquets that doubles as a culinary herb. Chives are cut-and-come-again and are great to harvest for dishes, and the blooms can be used to make vinegar, decorative chive blossom...
Pink Chives Seeds
Another great culinary filler that pollinators love!
Garlic Chives Seeds
I recommend dill because it doubles as a culinary herb and a beautiful bouquet filler! Great for pickling, and pollinators love the blooms as well!
Bouquet Dill
Live Plants
{ad} Live plants I have purchased and recommend to get your dream #CutFlowerGarden & #PolinatorFriendlyGarden!
One of my favorites, they are a perennial and also have a great vase life!
Irish Eyes Black Eyed Susan
{ad} This is a beautiful perineal Pincushion Flower, arrives alive, in a 2-pack, blooms are Blue and Purple and aprox 4 inches tall. Highly recommended for your garden and great vase life. These are also very easy to save the seeds from to create mor...
Scabiosa Butterfly Blue
{ad} These are succulent-like plants that are perennial and pollinator-friendly. They are great for fillers and interest in flower arrangements. They are also one of the easiest plants to propagate. This comes with two (2) Live Plants that are non-GM...
Sedum Autumn Joy
{ad} another Clovers Garden favorite, the Black Eyed Susan (Rudeckia)! These are Two (2) Live Plants, Non-GMO, Each 4" to 8" Tall – in 4" Inch Pots – Hardy Flowering Perennial, Pollinator Favorite! I grew from seed and took quite a while, so these li...
Clovers Garden Black Eyed Susan (Rudeckia) Plants – Two (2) Live Plants – Non-GMO - Not Seeds - Each 4" to 8" Tall – in 4" Inch Pots – Hardy Flowering Perennial, Pollinator Favorite
{ad} One of my favorites, also Clover's Garden, Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum) Plants, Two (2) Live Plants that are Non-GMO. Each plant is 4" to 8" Tall in 4" Pots. These are very Hardy Flowering Perennial, and a Pollinator Favorite. Easy to save seeds,...
Shasta Daisy
{ad} These are two English Lavender (Lavandula) Hidcote Blue Plants; there are two (2) Live Plants that are Non-GMO. Each plant is 4" to 8" Tall and in 4" pots; it will have compact growth inside pots. If grown in the ground, it will get much larger ...
English Lavendar
{ad} Another great purchase from Clovers Garden Two, doubles as a culinary herb and also a fragant and long lasting filler. This comes with (2) Large Live Orion Fennel Plants, 4" to 8" Tall in 4" Pots, Non GMO, No Neonicotinoids, Big, Healthy &Ready to Grow. Premium Plants - Edible Cottage & Cut Flower Garden, Culinary Favorite
Orion Fennel
Bulbs
{ad} flower bulbs that I recommend for a beautiful cut flower garden!
This is a unique and beautiful dahlia variety that i love and recommend both for its unique shape and pastel pink and yellow color!
Dahlia AC Twisp
Preplanned Garden
Preplanned gardens mailed directly to your door, an easy way to get a cottage garden in your outdoor space!
Summer Showstopper Pre-Planned Garden of 17 features boldly colorful, long-blooming perennials that can stand up to harsh summer heat • Designed for hellstrips, sidewalks, and tough, hot, dry garden sites that call for curb appeal, this low-maintenan...
Summer Showstopper Pre-Planned Garden
Large Butterfly Paradise Pre-Planned Cottage Garden of 30 is an easy way to grow a relaxed cottage-style perennial garden. Planting masses of nectar-rich flowers magnifies their visual impact, as well as their appeal to pollinators. Flowers will mult...
Large Butterfly Paradise Pre-Planned Cottage Garden | Big-Bed Waystation
Soft Colors Inferno Strip Pre-Planned Garden of 27 offers a creative approach to garden design with tough, xeric perennials. Designed for large, narrow spaces that call for curb appeal, this garden features a beautiful palette of soft pink and purple...
Large Soft Colors Inferno Strip Pre-Planned Garden | Wide Hell Strip
Books
{ad} My favorite books to recommend for inspiration, learning, and advice to grow and arrange stunning seasonal blooms. #CutFlowerGarden
{ad} Blooming into a Beautiful Garden 🌸 Dive into the world of flowers with *icon* Martha Stewart's book. Perfect for beginners and seasoned gardeners alike! #Gardening
Arranging Flowers (Best of Martha Stewart)
{ad} Erin Benzakein is a florist farmer, a leader in the local farm-to-centerpiece movement, and owner of the internationally renowned Floret Flower Farm in Washington's lush Skagit Valley. In this stunning flower book, she provides readers with vita...
Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow & Arrange
{ad} A beautiful journal to record your gardening, cut flower, and seedling journey! Highly recommended!
Cut Flower Journal For Floral Designers
Movies & Series
{ad} Movies, documentaries, and series I recommend watching about #CutFlowerGardens!
{ad} I recommend this series about Erin and Chris Benzakein, who have spent the last decade building their family-run business, Floret Farms, in the fertile Skagit River Valley of Washington State. Now, they're risking everything to add and rehabilit...
Watch Growing Floret, Season 1 | Prime Video
{ad} I recommend watching this free documentary about Gardening in a war zone.
Gardening in a War Zone | A Floret Original Film
{ad} Classic, Martha Stewart shares her gardening secrets in the idyllic setting of her Bedford farm home. Every gardener - from novice to expert - will be successful and have fun.
Martha Gardens
{ad} This series is about the kitchen and cooking, which goes hand in hand with gardening; however, there is also a flower-focused episode of The Lost Kitchen TV series featuring chef Erin French foraging and cooking with seasonal blossoms, specifica...
Watch The Lost Kitchen, Season 1 | Prime Video
This is a mixed-lifestyle series, but it includes highlights of DIY floral designs, sustainable arrangement tools, and tips for creating everyday bouquets!
With Love, Meghan
Inspiration
{ad} more places to find things I love and recommend, and get inspiration for your next #CutFlower and #CottageGarden
{ad} Check out my Amazon Storefront for more things I love and recommend!
Check Out My Amazon Storefront!