Cool Flowers in Zone 3: Cut Flowers Weeks Before Everyone Else

After all the planning, seed starting, and gardening in the snow, my cool flowers are coming into full bloom. Cold hardy Annuals in a cool climate and short growing season are possible, but the execution is different than in warmer climates.
In this video I give you a short tour and a few tricks to be able to do this in your garden next year.
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[@growingcrazy4481]

Please brag! You’re so good at this and that’s why we love watching you do what you do. And thank you for not making it look easy

[@ShiftingRoots]

@@growingcrazy4481 thank you for this!!

[@barbaravanerp4598]

I love the idea of adding spinach etc in between!

[@Cynthia-sg3yc]

U go girl.🎉🎉celebrating ur success with u.

[@ilenehales7849]

Its not bragging. Its being proud of what you have accomplished. I have struggled this year, but theres always next year. I want to try godetia

[@WillaLoomis]

go ahead and brag!!! I'm down in zone 8 NC. I did cool flowers for the first time this past year. OMG. My feverfew was over 4 feet tall. My snaps were monsters! Those I put in the ground last fall and they overwintered. The ones i put in the ground in the spring were much much much smaller.

[@eyrerosecottage1970]

I discovered the same thing about sweet peas. After transplanting, they barely seem to be hanging on, then when the weather starts to warm up, the stems thicken and get covered in blooms!

[@susannewlove2115]

Congratulations! Determination, hard work and faith! Looks inspiring for sure

[@altheab.8907]

Things are looking really good this year, Kristen. I’m happy for you. Weather has been strange everywhere. We are currently experiencing 80-90F temps here in New England. We had a cold spring and a lot of rainfall and cloudy days. It was very gloomy. Didn’t see a lot of sunshine. Now we are so hot we look forward to overcast or rainy days. It’s brutal. 💕

[@ShiftingRoots]

@@altheab.8907 we have a hot few weeks like that coming up in our forecast!! I’m sorry your weather has been strange too.

[@radmilamiljanic5977]

I love seeing you proud of your great flowers after taking risk and working hard when most didn't:)))

[@relaxingnatures81]

I love your flowers.yours snaps are better than mine...

[@ShiftingRoots]

@@relaxingnatures81 thank you! Hopefully you’ll get good ones next year!

[@rosemacdougall2967]

Both you and your garden look amazing!

[@Clairescottageaspirations]

Girl, Your garden is goals! I don’t live in the same grow zone but I have got to try to implement your ways for next year my garden is nowhere near as lush and full as yours! Thank you for sharing all your gorgeous blooms and setup, I love seeing you interplanting veggies! Brag away, you have put the work in and are seeing the results!

[@jaymeelk9380]

Oh my gosh! I wish there was smelivision! I still don’t know what sweet peas smell like! There so beautiful! Thank you.

[@Mabelscorner]

Beautiful ❤

[@jaymeelk9380]

Look at all your success! My snapdragons were ?put out to small and slugs got them. I keep trying.

[@ShiftingRoots]

@@jaymeelk9380 oh I’m sorry about the slugs!! That’s so heartbreaking.

[@AnnaKincaid]

oh no! My snap dragons are the saddest little things and still aren't blooming I started them back in MARCH! 😢

[@alligator_pie]

I’m not sure your location but I heard there’s been a ton of slugs in Saskatchewan this year due to so much rain . My snaps hated being transplanted. They pouted for about 6 weeks . I had them in trays; next year single cells . We gotta keep trying!

[@ShiftingRoots]

@@alligator_pie we have very sandy soil so they’re rarely a problem. At least so far!

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I have the pink sapponaria seeds but failed to sow them, it seems spring got away from me this year. High Scent sweet pea has been one of my favorites for over 10 years as it is so much more fragrant than most sweet peas, I love it and yours looks so healthy. My Sweet Peas just did not do well this year for some reason. I am amazed at how innovative you have gotten with your short growing season. Though I am a zone 8b, I have about the same length growing season as you do since I live in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. We get snow through May and it is quite wet, heavy snow, nicknamed Sierra Cement. I enjoyed a look at your garden this morning, thank you.🥀

[@ShiftingRoots]

@@FlowerPatchFarmhouse you can still plant those saponaria for a late fall crop-even with our short season.

[@atfundramccoy8999]

Amazing 🤩

[@anniewildmush1284]

wow my convent garden doesnt look like that it got a bit leggy.. i think it need more sun.

[@RainbowCurveCostuming]

Here in Ireland I sow most this in the fall and overwinter them. Including snaps, corncockle and cornflowers. The sweet peas I plant in December

[@ShiftingRoots]

@@RainbowCurveCostuming interesting! Does the ground freeze over the winter there?

[@hollyb8993]

Try the quartet series of Stock, mine (rainbow quartet and apricot quartet) are cut and come again even in our 100* temps

[@ShiftingRoots]

@@hollyb8993 I love that series, although I haven’t been lucky enough to get seeds the last couple of years.

[@hollyb8993]

@@ShiftingRoots ya they have been hard to come by I’ve noticed.. I over purchased a couple years ago and so have been working off those seeds. Germ rate is only slightly lower so far 🤞🏼