The flowers were the easy part. While my first FleurEverMore cutting garden bloomed, my forty-year-old mobile home was still a construction zone — but with the help of the people who showed up along the way, the messy, unfinished middle became something I could enjoy.

Fall is the true beginning of spring bloom in a Zone 7b cutting garden. Learn how biennials, cool-season annuals, self-sowers, bulbs, and winter vernalization work together to create abundant spring harvests with less spring labor and more seasonal succession.

Late winter can feel endless. Growing blue larkspur offers a way to move the garden forward — even while beds are still being built and spring feels just out of reach. Follow my first season growing larkspur from seed, from cold stratification and soil blocks to the lessons learned along the way.