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A cutting garden, where the flowers are grown for use in fresh bouquets, often relies on long-blooming annuals and repeat-blooming perennials in order to prolong the harvest season. With the right plants and a layout that maximizes the space (e.g., planting in grids or rows), this garden can provide fresh-cut flowers from spring into fall.

Because many kinds of bulbs bloom just once, the category is often overlooked in cutting-garden plans. Yet bulb flowers offer gorgeous seasonality to arrangements for the home or for giving, and they require little room or care. These space-saving plants can be incorporated into an existing cutting-garden plan, or they can be