The Farmer Bailey Blog

Double Campanula Evergreen, Kilimanjaro & Mont Blanc
Cutting-edge double flowered Campanula are back for fall planting.

Preventing Fusarium in Cut Flower Crops
Like it or not, Lisianthus growers will get to know Fusarium. Horticulturalist Bobby Bowen breaks down how to deal with the fungus among us.

Limonium & Statice for Spring 2025
If you’ve had your eye on Limonium from tissue culture, don’t delay: quantities will be extremely limited after August 1.

What is Plant Tissue Culture?
Tissue culture propagated plugs yield bigger, taller, fuller flowered, and FAR more productive plants than seed-grown strains.

WATCH: How to Fall Plant for Spring Blooms
Jump-start your spring season with fall planting.

Introducing Pansy Flamenco
Flamenco, true to its fiery name, can handle autumn's chill and even dips into freezing temperatures while young.

Bonus Farmers Market Q&A with Bailey and Thomas
Farmer Bailey managing partners and veteran farmers market vendors Thomas & Bailey answer viewer questions in this honest Q&A.

WATCH: Farmers Market Success Webinar
Farmers Markets can be a powerful sales channel for flower farmers, but are they right for you and your business?

*New* Daucus Growing Guide
Our new Daucus Growing Guide is a complete reference on how to grow, harvest and handle this lovely, fuss-free filler.

Fall Planting for Spring Blooms: Orlaya
Fall plant delicate Orlaya for the longest stems and earliest blooms.

Find Local, Seasonal Flowers Near You
Explore this handy flower-finder for Mother's Day and Dia de las Madres bouquets.

Heirloom Chrysanthemum Growing Guide
3 Porch Farm shares the keys to success with your new Heirloom Mums.

Heirloom Chrysanthemum Restock
Don’t miss your chance to extend your season and add quintessential autumn beauty to your bouquets.

A La Carte Weddings: From Seed to Ceremony
Scott and Jennifer Joray share their top tips for implementing A La Carte Weddings for farmer-florists.

WATCH: Simplify and Streamline Your Wedding Season
Veteran farmer-florists share their decades of hard-earned insight into growing, marketing, and delivering wedding flowers in this video webinar.

Power Your Flowers: Building Thriving Customer Relationships
Grow a customer-focused flower farm business with Lennie's top five tips.

Power Your Flowers: Record Keeping Systems
"My farming life got easier, more profitable, and way more fun once I learned to measure what I was doing so that I could improve what I was doing."