Galhala420

Hi all! I'm thinking of starting a perennial garden in climate zone 5. Maybe grow some annuals for sale. I was wondering if anyone had some suggestions for what I should grow.

My collection is as follows:

One Double Knockout Rosa (patented and illegal to propagate)
One Desert Rose (which will live inside through winter)
A geranium which is over watered at the moment and not looking so hot since I'm new to them
A japanese maple (coming in fall from Arbor Day Foundation)
A Hydrangea (Arbor Day)
A Redbud (Arbor Day)
A Red maple (Arbor Day)
And a few Silver maples that had a good start in my veggie garden...
I also split up one of my hostas into pots.

I was thinking some cut flowers and trying to get my fiance to learn about floral arrangements and popping veggie seeds and some annuals for sale. Not sure what kinds though. I have plans for a hoop style greenhouse to get a head start next year.

Anyone interested in the greenhouse here's the link:
How to Build an Inexpensive Hoop-Style Greenhouse | Alberta Home Gardening

Any suggestions on what to grow for sale would be greatly appreciated. I would like to do research through winter so I am prepared. Thanks everybody!

P.S. I know the trees will be hanging out with me for a few years. I plan to bonsai the juniper, the japanese maple and maybe try one of the silver maples. I'm still doing research there...

__________________

outdoors

I have great success selling veggie starts... Lettuce is something you can sell thru out the growing season. In the spring when people are planting there gardens you can sell a lot of veggie starts. You need a list?

Order a few seed catalogs... I happen to love lettuce plants so it was an easy choice for me to grow lettuce and squash for the same reason.

Grow what you like and what you know, that's the best.

Peace- OD

__________________

Galhala420

Hiya OD! I had a feeling you might make it into this thread. Veggies seem like a good way to go. That was kinda what I was thinking would be the easiest. A variety of tomatoes, cucumbers, zuchinni, etc..... Thanks for the reply.

__________________

outdoors

Any plants that take a long time to grow to maturity like tomatoes, winter squash, peppers and a few others that need to be started in January or February are what most people are really after in the spring.

Good luck to you..
Peace-
OD

__________________

gqmetalhead

ever think about growing orchids? i'm not sure what climate zone 5 is, but even if your unable to grow them out doors, you could do it inside, those things sell for megabucks compared to other flowers.

__________________
I just ask questions and write stuff on here so people will think I'm cool. I am a liar and a phony. Anything I post on here is fictional and at the very best, complete nonsense. As a matter of fact I don't even really exist, I'm just a figment of your Imagination...magination...gination....ation....on.......