Flowers for Drying & Crafts

The Strawberry Blonde Marigold blooms shades of pink and yellow, then to gold as they age and can be enjoyed all summer long! These marigolds are perfect for patio containers or as a border around a garden. The easy to grow Strawberry Blonde is heat tolerant and thrives in the sun!

A magnet for bees and butterflies, this standout perennial brings bold color and unforgettable texture to bouquets, borders, and feature beds. Its oversized, metallic-blue blooms shimmer in the sunlight, creating a striking display that catches the eye from across the garden. Tough and dependable, it thrives with minimal care, standing strong through heat and dry spells. Adaptable to a wide range of soils—including sandy ground—this long-lasting beauty delivers season after season with little effort. Blue color of plant may vary depending on soil types.

The Peach Cobbler Zinnia Mix is composed of our ‘Canary Bird’, ‘Coral Beauty’, ‘Luminosa’ and ‘Orange King’ Zinnia varieties, creating a warm and refreshing color combination. Summer-long Peach Cobbler provides nectar for pollinators. Airflow helps Peach Cobbler resist mildew pressure. Butterfly-friendly Peach Cobbler enlivens beds and arrangements. Peach Cobbler showcases coral and orange blooms in summer gardens.

The Stiff Goldenrod Solidago produces stunning, large and slightly flat golden flowers that are bee attracting powerhouses! These beautiful golden flowers bloom later in summer and into early fall. In fall, the leaves will turn a beautiful shade of red.

The Zinnia Cactus Flowered Mix is an unusual brightly colored mix, as they have beautiful quilled petals rather than flat ones like other varieties. This species is native to Mexico, and plants are fast-growing and long-blooming. Colors in our mixture include pink, purple, red, salmon, white and yellow. Zinnias are excellent for pollinator plantings and are especially attractive to butterflies.

Marshmallow yarrow is a great choice for long and consistent blooms. Produces and abundance of blooms from late spring to late summer, with double sugar-white flowers. Drought and heat tolerant, compact, 18-30 in. tall plants bloom the first year. Marshmallow is an excellent choice for containers.

The Cut and Come Again Zinnia is just like its name, its the best variety for those who love fresh cut flowers again and again! This wonderful variety blooms in a rainbow of colors and provides endless flowers from mid-summer all the way until frost, giving you a multitude of blooms to cut and bring indoors. Like all Zinnias, the Cut and Come Again is extremely easy to grow, deer resistant and attracts pollinators to the garden.

Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya) is a classic North American prairie perennial long valued by Indigenous peoples and early settlers, and today it remains a signature species of tallgrass prairies and restoration plantings. It produces tall, upright spikes crowded with vivid purple, nectar-rich flowers that bloom from the top down, drawing in butterflies, bees, and especially monarchs in late summer.

The State Fair Zinnia is a customer favorite and a State Fair winner for its jumbo 5" flowers that bloom in a wide range of colors! This tall, robust plant produces flowers that bloom in shades of red, yellow, orange, purple, pink, white and bicolors. State Fair is disease resistant with terrific sun and heat tolerance.

Benary's Giant Salmon zinnia produces large, fully double warm salmon-pink blooms with densely packed petals. Bushy, upright plants grow about 24–36 inches tall and provide strong stems for bouquets and cutting gardens. Flowers begin in midsummer and continue until frost, adding reliable color to beds and borders. Grow in full sun and well-drained soil; established plants tolerate summer heat well.

Purple Love Grass grows low to the ground in dense tufts, 8-18" tall. In late summer the fine-textured, stiff inflorescence appears like reddish-purple clouds hovering at ground level. Eventually this inflorescence breaks off and floats around like a tumbleweed.

The Monster series strawflowers are high yielding produces of fresh cut or dried arrangements. This variety has beautiful mixture of pink to white blooms. The Monster Silvery Rose variety produces extra large double blooms with long and strong stems. Blooms reach 2–2 1/2" across.

QIS Red Gomphrena ia highly productive accent flower that is excellent for fresh bouquets or dried arrangements. Produces 1-2" blooms in vibrant red color. The QIS (Quality in Seed) Series is a florist favorite for its consistent production in quality, length, and uniformity. Also known as globe amaranth and common globe amaranth.

QIS Mix Gomphrena ia highly productive accent flower that is excellent for fresh bouquets or dried arrangements. Produces 1-2" blooms in shades of purple, pink, and white. The QIS (Quality in Seed) Series is a florist favorite for its consistent production in quality, length, and uniformity. Also known as globe amaranth and common globe amaranth.

Grow your own bathroom sponge with this Luffa gourd! The fibrous internal structure of the Luffa can be used as a sponge for cleaning or as an exfoliator. This gourd is fun to grow and show your friends!

The Blue False Indigo Baptisia is the most popular Baptisias around as it provides early deep blue blooms in a beautiful bushy shape. This flower variety produces very attractive deep blue blooms and great bushy foliage that can be enjoyed all summer long. The Blue Indigo can grow up to 4' in height and its branching habit make wide spacing advisable in home landscaping.

The Queeny Lemon Peach Zinnia is a stunning variety prized for its unique and captivating color combination. Its flowers exhibit a delightful blend of lemon-yellow and soft peach tones, creating a harmonious and warm palette that stands out in any garden setting. This zinnia cultivar is known for its vigorous growth and prolific blooming, producing large, double-layered flowers that add a splash of vibrancy to borders, beds, or containers.

Benary's Giant Deep Red zinnia produces large, fully double rich deep-red blooms with densely packed petals. Bushy, upright plants grow about 24–36 inches tall and provide strong stems for bouquets and cutting gardens. Flowers begin in midsummer and continue until frost, adding reliable color to beds and borders. Grow in full sun and well-drained soil; established plants tolerate summer heat well.

The Monster series strawflowers are high yielding produces of fresh cut or dried arrangements. This variety has beautiful mixture of dark pink blooms. The Monster Rose variety produces extra large double blooms with long and strong stems. Blooms reach 2–2 1/2" across.

The Flowerburst Red Shades Achillea, or also known as Yarrow, is a beautiful flower with a great habit and vigor that blooms predominantly darker red colors. This attractive flower is very vibrant and long lasting, making it the perfect addition to any home garden! Excellent cut flower with long life in a vase.

QIS Salmon Gomphrena is highly productive accent flower that is excellent for fresh bouquets or dried arrangements. Produces 1-2" salmon color blooms. The QIS (Quality in Seed) Series is a florist favorite for its consistent production in quality, length, and uniformity. Also known as globe amaranth and common globe amaranth.

'Baby Blue' is a common florist's staple as a bouquet filler. This plant is known for its long stems with rounded leaves in shades of dusty green. Great for bouquets, wreaths or drying. Eucalyptus has a lovely menthol-like fragrance. A tender perennial in USDA zones 9–11 but mainly grown by florist as an annual. As an annual, plants reach about 24"–48", but it can become a 35'-tall tree over time where perennial. This plant is very drought and heat tolerant once established.

QIS is the perfect Larkspur for cut flower production. Produces beautifully tall spires of dense florets. Plants produce indigo-blue double blooms with a small percentage of singles. Little florets on 9–12" flower spikes. Great for also attracting beneficial insects and hummingbirds.

The darkest red amaranth we offer makes it perfect for autumn arrangements. This amaranth is much different from the long droopy caudatus types with more upright and feathery blooms. When plants are young and leaves are tender, the foliage makes a nice edible green.

Key Lime Pie blend is composed of white and lime green zinnia varieties. This mixture produces beautiful blooms of semi-double to double flowers on each stem. Zinnias are a perfect choice for any cut flower grower and even attract butterflies to your garden. Large, colorful blooms lend cheer and texture to bouquets and floral arrangements.

The Gayfeather Liatris is an excellent variety at attracting butterflies, bees and hummingbirds and matures to 4' in wet to mesic soil conditions. Like many Liatris species, when it begins to bloom it starts at the top and works its way down. This is an excellent Liatris species to plant in wet-medium prairies and perennial gardens and it makes to be a perfect cut flower.

The Monster series strawflowers are high yielding produces of fresh cut or dried arrangements. This variety has beautiful white blooms. The Monster White variety produces extra large double blooms with long and strong stems. Blooms reach 2–2 1/2" across.

Bloody Butcher is a striking American heirloom field corn with deep red and purple kernels. Its dense, starchy grain has a bold, rustic flavor and is excellent for grinding into cornmeal, flour, and grits or preparing as hominy. Tall, robust plants thrive in warm conditions and well-drained soil. This open-pollinated variety is also valued for ornamental displays, sustainable growing, and seed saving.

Colorado mix is a hardy yarrow that can grow in any well-drained soil. Once established this plant is care-free and easy to grow. Produces long-lasting flower clusters in beautiful shades of red, rose, pink, yellow, and white. The Colorado yarrow makes beautiful cut-flowers. Use them as the centerpiece or as filler in a bouquet. What you don't cut will attract beneficial insects to the garden as butterflies love yarrow. \.

The Birdhouse gourd, also known as Lagenaria siceraria, is a distinctive and versatile gourd variety with a rich history and unique characteristics. Originating from Africa and the Americas, this gourd has been cultivated for centuries, originally valued for its use as a natural birdhouse and other functional purposes. The Birdhouse gourd is recognized for its large, bulbous shape with a narrow neck, which resembles a traditional birdhouse.

Green Plume is a great filler in floral arrangements. Highly productive plant with emerald-green plumes on long, strong stems feature small, paper-thin seed pods. Also known as orach and orache.