Hi, and welcome out of lurkdom status! LOL

For fall blooms rudbeckias, asters, mums, tall snaps. If you wanted to venture out to bulbs/tubers....glads and dahlias all make good fall flowers for cutting.

Happy Gardening,
Sierra

I do have some dahlias, don't ask me what variety they are, and I was thinking of picking up some more this spring. But last year my poor dahlia's didn't do so good, not sure why, the year before they were beautiful.

What I am planning on doing Sierra, and I am probably biting off way more than I can chew, but my daughter is getting married Sept 30, and she has asked me if I could supply some of the flowers. She is planning a very informal wedding, and would like fall looking flowers. She likes sunflowers and snaps, anything really that would go well in an informal fall arrangement.

I am willing to try tubers, bulbs, seeds, whatever!

Thanks for the suggestions.
Ann

Ann, last year for Oct 1st, my sister made our mother and I grow flowers for her wedding. It was quite stressful ;) We did manage to have a few planters in the red and white theme, that did really well. We had loads of sweetpeas(they did the best), had a few glads, asters, cream dahlias and of course we had dried baby's breath and german statice. We also had lots of ivies for fillers. The one flower that we came close to having was oriental lilies 'Casablanca'. We mail ordered the bulbs and asked if they could be sent to us as late as possible, which was about mid June. We kept them in a cool spot until the end of June, then potted them. Unfortuneatly, they finished blooming one week before the wedding. It was soooo frustrating to be THAT close. Oh well, live and learn :^)

I guess my advice is to have a lot of different flowers and hopefully you'll get something that's blooming at the right time for you.

Good luck,
Laurie

Thanks, Laurie. I am definately doing Sweet Peas, Dahlia's, Rudbeckia, and Snaps. I was wondering about Lilies, they're such a classic standard in so many arrangements.

Sounds like I should do some Ivy, too. I've never grown Ivy except as a house plant, which btw I've managed to kill off! Do you have any varieties that you would recommend?

I'm also growing the small decorative pumpkins and gourds. It's going to be a real fall theme! I will be able do a large variety as I am going to be using my veggie garden. No pickles or salsa this year for DH!

One other flower that would work really well is Mums. They bloom in the fall and come in wonderful colours. If it is a fall theme you should be able to find some wonderful browns, yellows, oranges and deep wine colours. A cousin used those extensively in her fall wedding. Plus what about corn stalks and bales of hay? Those would look good with the pumpkins you are planning on growing. I don't know how those would go if it is a really fancy affair though.

Syreeta

If it's a fall theme, then perhaps some wheat (triticum), bunnytails (Lagurus ovatus), canary seed (Phalaris) would make nice fillers for the arrangements. Any of these could be picked beforehand and dried by picking small bundles, stripping off the leaves, securing the ends with a rubber band, and hang upside down in a dark, well ventilated area. Easy as pie, and you could direct sow them all if you like.

I second the mums, great fall colours. Another one that is really popular in wedding arrangements is gerbera daisies, and they come in so many different colours. I think you can order seeds for them, the plants are a little pricey...

Yes you can get gerbera daisy seed but it is kind of pricy as well...I am trying them for the first time this year. They are available at Stokes and Veseys.

Sierra

Ann, we picked up english ivy at walmart in the houseplant department. For $1.99 a pot, there were 4 individual rooted cuttings. I just separated them and re-potted them and kept pinching them back to keep them bushy and branching out.

Mums and gerbera daisies would be very nice too. I guess it all depends on the colour scheme and theme of the wedding as to what flowers will work the best. BTW, I also used a lot of hosta leaves for greenery along with asparagus fern.

How about Flowering Crane Cabbage, kind of looks like large roses, trendy cutflower type, these have compact heads on long stems. Stem can be wrapped for a bouquet or cut off for use in centrepieces.

There is also Calendula and Sunflowers that are great for fall cuttings.

Welcome to the FN forum!
Sharon

Wow! Thank you all for the great suggestions and ideas. Oh boy the old wheels are just a spinning now! Do you all smell smoke? :)