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What a great time we had at this Sweetgum Bouquet and Gourmet Party! Thanks for joining us ladies!

Love this flower! It’s one of the favorites on our farm here in Arkansas. After all, you can’t just find these anywhere. I wish they grew all summer but they are cool flowers, so only get 3 weeks or so of blooms in the spring. Now on to summer flowers! #sweetgumflowerfarm #arkansasgrown

This is why I love spring around here ❤️

It was nice of AgHeritage to do this piece on us! Check it out for more info on our flower farm and pumpkin farm. https://youtu.be/g8FdNmeNALA?si=wsTgofhhLpuPpTJu

One great thing about tulips is they can be picked with the bulb on in cracked bud stage and will last several weeks in a cooler. They go into a holding stage when kept cold. When you take them out, they start opening and will still last a good long while in a vase. ThisContinue reading “Long lasting Tulips”

Tulips really are beautiful flowers! We planted 2500 this. Most people leave tulips in the ground to come up for the next several years. But did you know that most flower farmers pull their tulips at mature bud stage by the bulb. This allows us to put the tulips with bulb on in the coolerContinue reading “Tulip Season at Sweetgum Flower Farm”

These are all early spring cool flowers that are planted late winter. And after a few days to harden off on the table, they need planting! The temps here are in the 70’s already-yikes. If you need me, you know where I’ll be, on my knees in the garden getting these babies in the ground.Continue reading “A Full Table”

Taking our tunnels down after a month of cold temps is always a little nerve-racking. Sure, we have peeped in a few times but only to see a few plants that looked ok. But when we take down the entire tunnel, we are hoping that more than a few plants have survived and thrived. SomeContinue reading “Checking under our tunnels!”