Gratitude Flowers

Gratitude Flowers Gratitude Flowers is a small specialty nursery and flower farm in Edgewood, WA. Seasonal floral subscriptions include tulips & sweet peas.

We grow cutting garden plant starts including classic favorites, heirlooms, and select natives, and lisianthus.

10/05/2026

Hope feels a little different to me this week, especially around a subject that some of you know is deeply personal.

There are incredibly promising advances happening in islet cell research that could someday give people living with type 1 diabetes the opportunity for something closer to a functional cure. One particular study out of Chicago has been creating so much excitement within the T1 diabetes community, and to see it featured on NBC Nightly News this evening brought a feeling of hope that is almost unfathomable.

Watching this progress move forward, and seeing conversations happening about increasing access to these treatments, has filled me with an excitement that is honestly hard to put into words.

Those of us who garden understand hope pretty well. We plant something small, care for it, wait through seasons when not much seems to be happening, and trust in the possibility of what might come next.

Today, I am holding onto that kind of hope a little more closely.

As the garden begins to slow down a little, I start putting the snips away when it comes to deadheading my roses and all...
10/01/2026

As the garden begins to slow down a little, I start putting the snips away when it comes to deadheading my roses and allow those last blooms to begin forming rose hips.

All season long, we’ve been cutting and deadheading to encourage more flowers. Now we get to do the opposite. Leaving those fading blooms alone allows the plant to follow its natural seasonal rhythm instead of continually asking it for one more round of flowers.

And there’s a little reward for leaving the snips behind. Those rose hips will begin coloring up as the season progresses, adding another layer of interest to the fall and winter garden.

09/30/2026

I’m not as stout as some of my biennial cousins, which can be a good thing because I generally don’t require staking. I tuck in places easier in spring since I am more manageable plant size.

I’m also a little quicker than traditional foxgloves. Plant me in spring here in the Pacific Northwest and I’ll bloom my first year, often bringing flowers into fall. It’s a lovely way to extend the garden season with something that feels a little unusual blooming this time of year.

My spotted throats invite a closer look, and bees are quite happy to crawl right inside my blooms. I come in several colors, from cream and soft peach to pink and purple, making it easy to find a place for me among other cottage garden favorites.

Dalmatian Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea ‘Dalmatian’)
Plant Type: Biennial
Height: 24 to 36 in
Spacing: 12 to 18 in
Sun: Full to Part Sun

09/28/2026

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Fall is settling in, bringing with it some of the most beautiful colors of the year. Take a little time this week to slow down and enjoy the changing colors around you.

Zinnias are a beautiful example of how the garden changes with the season. As the blooms mature and begin to dry, their colors shift and soften into some of the most beautiful shades of fall.

Wishing you a wonderful week ahead enjoying all that this season has to offer.🍂

Summer is beginning to fade away and fall is settling into the garden. Many of the flowers that carry us beautifully int...
09/17/2026

Summer is beginning to fade away and fall is settling into the garden. Many of the flowers that carry us beautifully into fall, including rudbeckia, zinnias, and sunflowers, are what we sometimes call “dirty flowers.”

It’s not a reflection of the flowers themselves, but rather how quickly they can muck up the water in your vase. One little trick I use is I add a single drop of bleach to the water each time I change it. It helps keep bacteria in check and the water clearer, which can help your flowers stay fresh longer.

And remember, just one small drop. More is definitely not better when it comes to bleach! 🌼

09/16/2026

I may start as a fairly unassuming clump of green, but once summer arrives, I send up tall spikes covered in tiny flowers that are hard to miss. You’ll most often find me in shades of blue and purple, but I also come in pink and white. My upright blooms bring a different shape to the garden and are especially pretty mixed among softer, more rounded flowers.

I’m a perennial, so give me a sunny spot with well drained soil and I’ll return each year. Bees and other pollinators are frequent visitors when I’m in bloom, and removing my spent flower spikes can encourage me to keep producing flowers as the season moves along.

I’m also quite happy making the trip from garden to vase. My long flower spikes add height and an interesting line to arrangements, and cutting stems while the lower flowers are open and the upper buds are still closed will give you more time to enjoy me indoors.

Veronica (Veronica spicata)
Plant Type: Perennial
Height: 18 to 36 in
Spacing: 12 to 18 in
Sun: Full to Part Sun

Battered and torn from the rains. Still as beautiful as ever.
09/15/2026

Battered and torn from the rains. Still as beautiful as ever.

09/14/2026

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Gardening teaches us to be in the present while it also teaches us to always dream.

Cut the flowers and enjoy garden editing time while dreaming for what next season holds 🌻🌱

Never Forget 🙏9/11/2001
09/11/2026

Never Forget 🙏

9/11/2001

We are in the heart of zinnia season, and the garden is full of color right now. One of the most important things I’ve l...
09/10/2026

We are in the heart of zinnia season, and the garden is full of color right now. One of the most important things I’ve learned about cutting zinnias is that a flower looking ready doesn’t always mean it is ready.

I like to wait until I see those little yellow florets beginning to appear around the center of the flower, a good sign that the bloom is maturing and ready to cut. With fully double varieties, you may never see those florets. Instead, I like to wait until the bloom has fully opened and the stem directly beneath the flower has become firm rather than soft and flexible.

Another little zinnia tip you don’t hear about as often is to be careful how you handle them after cutting. Zinnias have a surprisingly fragile neck just below the flower head, so avoid holding or carrying them there. Instead, handle them at least a few inches lower on the stem.

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