Below is a small sampling of cut flowers highlighted on recent tours.
Lisianthus ‘Mariachi Carmine’ is a cultivar that Dave Dowling, Farmhouse Flowers and Plants, grows that comes into bloom a little later than other lisianthus cultivars
Orlaya grandiflora (white lace flower) was highlighted by Ron Peterman, Long Season Statice, at the August 6, 2012 tour. Ron plants it in the fall (and does not cover it over the winter) for it blooms in June. It has a wiry stem with blooms that are somewhat like Queen Anne’s lace. White lace flower does not wilt like Queen Anne’s lace does, and the flowers are small and do not shed. He mentioned that you need to keep picking it or it goes to seed and that his florists like it better that Queen Anne’s lace.
Hypericum Hypearls 'Olivia' is a woody plant that Ron Peterman grows for cut stems. The color will become redder as the fruit matures. Ron estimates that you can get about 50 cut stems from one plant. Ron noted that so far deer have not bothered the plants. There are four cultivars in this series, ‘Olivia’, ‘Jacqueline’, ‘Jessica’ and ‘Renu’.
Figs are sold as fruit and the foliage is used in arrangements at Seaberry Farm.
Phlox paniculata 'David's Lavender' is a selection of 'David'. It is a lavender-pink flowering phlox with the powdery mildew resistance of the white flowering 'David' cultivar.