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Growing specialty cut flowers for locals and florists. The freshest flowers for your home or event.

09/13/2024

Just dropped these gorgeous babes off at Double L!

04/13/2024

Want to grow some of these in your garden this summer? Dahlia tubers from my Westport Flower Garden are on sale online now! Get them in April so you can plant in time for May. There are so many gorgeous dahlia colors and varieties all grown with love and care by me here in Westport. These are the same tubers that I plant in my garden to get the gorgeous blooms you see. Local pickup or shipping available! Westportflowergarden.com Happy shopping and happy growing!

01/29/2024

I put some tulip bulbs in the refrigerator in December with plans to take them out in March for Easter blooms… Nature had other plans and now I have tulips blooming inside in January! I suppose I can live with that. ☺️

How did this come about?
The tulip bulbs were chilled dry in a cooler (40s for temperature) for 12-16 weeks (September through December; a crisper drawer with no moisture works well), then in December they were put in moist (not wet) soil to grow roots in the same cooler for two weeks, then taken out of the cooler when they decided to start growing up in January instead of just putting on roots! I brought them inside to 60s temperature and a window for light and two weeks later they are blooming.

Lesson for me is… check that the cooler is cold enough when they are rooting (I think it was closer to 50 than low 40s) and wait to plant the bulbs in the soil until closer to when you want them. This is a variety (“Update”) that is popular for forcing so it may have been extra ready. Other varieties may not have bloomed so quickly. In any case, it was a fun experiment and I love having the blooms in January!

Timing in theory should be:
12-16 weeks dry chill in 40s in cooler (tulips require a chill period to bloom)
2-3 weeks planted in lightly moist soil with container in cooler in 40s to put on roots
2-3 weeks by a window indoors in 60s to grow upwards and bloom!
Mimicking nature inside. Back solve to get to the time frame you want your indoor tulips! Or let nature ignore your plans and get your blooms when she’s ready. 😉

12/22/2023

Ranunculus, anemones, and tulips! Oh my! Tulips are all planted and ranunculus and anemones won’t be far behind for a gorgeous April and May harvest. The spring flower subscription is live if you’d like to lock-in your share of the bounty! Six weeks of the best locally grown spring flowers for yourself or a hard to shop for loved one. Limited spaces available so we have lots of flowers for spring weddings.☺️ Make these ranunculus, anemones, tulips, and peonies yours!

Westportflowergarden.com has all the details

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