Top 8 summer bulbs for the cutting garden:

1. Dahlia
2. Montbretia (Crocosmia)
3. Lily (Lilium)
4. African Lily (Agapanthus)
5. Chincherinchee (Ornithogalum thyrsoides)
6. Blazing Star (Liatris)
7. Foxtail Lily (Eremurus)
8. Gladiolus

Tips

• If you have children, this makes a cutting garden twice as much fun! Let them help mum: they like doing this and they also learn about the natural world.
• You can create a cutting garden in your own garden or in a vegetable garden.

Did you know that…

• Keeping a cutting garden is very relaxing. All your cares seem to drift away as you get your hands into the garden soil. 
• Even a small garden is a good place for a cutting garden.