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Grown by Sarah Growing local flowers in Blenheim, NZ
Flower stall Albert Grove, Rose Manor
www.grownbysarah.com

11/10/2026

Anyone else taking over their house with dahlia baggies? 😅

We’re in that slightly tricky in-between season for focal flowers at the moment. The tulips are pretty much finished and...
11/10/2026

We’re in that slightly tricky in-between season for focal flowers at the moment. The tulips are pretty much finished and the ranunculus are nearing the end. BUT I’m very grateful to have access to some beautiful peonies this year along with a couple of other amazing local growers. 💗

I’m trialling some straight peony bunches at the stand starting with Coral Charm.

These beauties open from deep coral pink buds into huge ruffled blooms in shades of coral, peach and soft apricot before fading to creamy ivory. They change so much as they open and are pretty spectacular at every stage.

Keep an eye out at the stand if you’re a peony lover!

08/10/2026

Friday flowers are at the stand and looking cute 🧚

Snippets from the flower stand lately 💐🌷I’ve been working really hard this season to keep the stand stocked every day an...
03/10/2026

Snippets from the flower stand lately 💐🌷

I’ve been working really hard this season to keep the stand stocked every day and have plenty of bunches ready to grab when you need them.

Thank you so much for all the support so far. We’re off to a cracker of a season and there are so many more good things to come! 🌸

Like any good flower, the tulips have decided to bloom all at once and I am now swimming in them! 😂For today only I am o...
27/09/2026

Like any good flower, the tulips have decided to bloom all at once and I am now swimming in them! 😂

For today only I am offering my market bunches of 10 stems for $35 with FREE DELIVERY.

Flick me a message if you are wanting a bunch dropped off this arvo.

They are beautiful wrapped and freshly picked this morning ☺️

23/09/2026

Can we have a moment for these seed grown ranunculus 🥹

Ranunculus are seriously not an easy flower to grow. They need SO much babying, from those tiny seedlings right through to flowering. They’re fussy little things 😂

And here in NZ, we can’t just order the specialty Italian and French ranunculus corms that growers overseas can get their hands on. Because of our strict biosecurity rules, bringing plant material like corms into NZ is heavily restricted.

So growing these specialty types from seed is a pretty big deal.

There is a LOT of work that goes into getting them from tiny seedlings to flowers like this, and honestly… when they finally start flowering, it makes all the babying worth it 🤍

Tulip planting day 🌷Today I finally planted all 1,200 tulip bulbs - the latest I’ve ever planted them.Usually tulips are...
23/06/2026

Tulip planting day 🌷

Today I finally planted all 1,200 tulip bulbs - the latest I’ve ever planted them.

Usually tulips are one of the very first flowers to bloom for me each season with flowers normally starting in early September. Because I’ve planted later this year, I’m expecting flowering to be pushed back a little too.

This season I’m trialling a few things. The first is later chilling. Tulip bulbs need a cold period to flower properly but they also need time after harvest to mature and reach the right stage of development before they’re chilled. By starting the chilling process later and then giving them 6 weeks in the fridge, I’m hoping for better quality flowers and more consistent performance across some of the mid and late season varieties.

I’m also trialling planting the tulips over one of my dahlia beds. In theory, the tulips should be finished before the dahlias really get going, allowing me to get two crops from the same space. Whether that works in practice remains to be seen!

Tulips are easily the most expensive crop I grow. These bulbs alone cost over $1,000, and they’re essentially a one season crop. I harvest each stem with the bulb attached which gives the longest possible stems and the highest quality cut flowers. While the bulbs can technically be replanted, they rarely produce stems of the same quality again, making them difficult to justify for commercial cut flower production.

This year I’m tracking everything (bulb costs, planting time, harvest time and income) to see whether tulips actually earn their place on my flower farm.

And honestly, they’re hard not to love. Incredible vase life, beautiful colours, and the way they continue to grow and dance in the vase makes them one of the most unique flowers I grow.

Now the waiting begins 🌷

I’ve been getting lots of questions about what I’m growing for spring, so I thought I’d put together a list of most of w...
20/06/2026

I’ve been getting lots of questions about what I’m growing for spring, so I thought I’d put together a list of most of what I’m growing this season.

From tulips and ranunculus to sweet peas, snapdragons and all the floaty fillers, these are the flowers that will be featuring in my spring bouquets. I’m sure I’ve forgotten something but this is most of it!

Now it’s just a matter of waiting (not very patiently) for everything to grow. I can’t wait to see the garden bursting into flower and start sharing the first blooms with you this spring. ✨🌿

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