Cut flowers and foliage

[Tetrapanex]

I've decided to give over some space in my front garden to grow things specifically to cut for the house.

Please help me with some ideas of what makes nice cut flowers and also foliage.

On my list so far :

White hydrangea
Eucalyptus
Small holly bush

What would you grow in order to have some nice flowers all year round - especially at Christmas too.

Anyone?

If you want holly, make sure it actually has berries when you buy it. There are male and female plants, and that's the best way to be sure you get a female one. There will also need to be a male holly in the local area to pollinate it.

Thank you @yamadori that is good advice.

Sweet peas. I love that the more you cut the more you get. And oh, the scent.

Have a look at sarah raven’s website for ideas

We have a viburnum bush that gives beautiful flowers and foliage in the spring.

Lilac flowers are also really pretty and smell lovely, as are Buddleia.

Skimmia is a really good shrub too. I'm broken hearted as ours had grown a bit too leggy and we lost it in the storms before Christmas.

Also for summer nigella, stocks and of course roses (we've got some in flower right now!).Outside summer how about mahonia, forsythia, hyacinths?

I love the waterlily flower dahlia and the ornamental dahlia.Chrysanths make a nice filler and flower later than the others. For foliage I grow Sorbus.

Lavatera is a great cut flower. Not the shrub the herbaceous plant.

Thank you for all the suggestions.

@riotingbananas I have just planted up my annual crop of sweet peas this week. Can't beat them for masses of flowers Great shout on Summer stocks too.

@florentina1 I hadn't thought of Dhalias but I've just put an order in for a selection of different tubers and I'll give them a go.

@bobtheduvet @silkie2 great suggestions thank you. I've seen a very pale pink lavatera called Pink Beauty that I think will make a gorgeous cut flower.

I've also ordered some chantilly antirrhinum seeds as seen on the Sarah Raven website. I think that's enough to be going on with for this year.