Bring your flower garden to life with these stunning early spring blooms recommendations from Clippings Floral Design. You’ll love the vibrant hues of these beautiful blooms and each have a delightful edible surprise perfect for enhancing your summer meals!
How to Start
Start by planning and shopping for unique and different varieties on those cold late winter days. Then as soon as the ground can be worked prepare the ground and add fresh compost. Finally sow the seeds and let nature take its course.
Seeds to Consider
Nigella
Commonly called Love-in-a-Mist, these delicate blue flowers that reach about 20” in height can be sown very early in the spring for an early showing. The flowers as well as the seed pods can be used in cut flower arrangements. The seeds can also be used to flavour cakes, breads and curries.
Calendula
Commonly called Pot Marigold, they are daisy-like flowers that come in oranges, yellows and blush. They reach about 12” in height can be sown very early in the spring for an early showing. The flowers can be used in cut flower arrangements. The petals can be eaten fresh in salads or used dried in salves and bath products for their healing benefits.
Bachelors Button
Bachelors buttons or cornflower as they are also known are an intensely blue flower that grows 24” tall. They prefer to be direct seeded early in spring. These flowers are edible and used salads as well as being a popular “button hole” flower for men in the Victorian times.
Amaranthus
Commonly called Amaranth, their velvety long flowers come in oranges, reds and burgundies. They reach about 6’ in height and can be sown very early in the spring. The flowers can be used in cut flower arrangements however the leaves are eaten fresh in salads or stemmed and the seed heads are used worldwide as a type of grain which has many health benefits.
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