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Current versions
The PNW Cutting Garden Planner — v1.1 (July 2026) · The PNW Cutting Garden Essentials — v1.1 (July 2026)
Both books were re-checked against Washington State and Oregon State extension publications, the joint Pacific Northwest Pest Management Handbooks, and growers working in this climate — Floret in the Skagit Valley, Uprising Seeds in Bellingham, Triple Wren Farms in Whatcom County, Territorial Seed in Oregon. Most of the book held up. Seven things changed.
Zinnia— the correction that prompted the rest. The first edition said the September flush is often the best of the year. That is true of cosmos and not of zinnia: August is the peak here, and September mildew ends the crop rather than frost. Fixed on the zinnia page and again on the Fungus Report, where the same claim had been repeated.
Cosmos— now explains why it makes you wait. Cosmos will not bloom in earnest until daylight drops under fourteen hours, which in the Puget Sound lowlands is the third week of August. Sowing in April does not buy earlier flowers; it buys a five-foot plant that flops in the first September rain.
Dahlia— bloom window now split by method. Mid-July from pre-started tubers, August from tubers planted straight into the ground. The old single date was the best case printed as the typical one.
Snapdragon— the thing most sources get wrong here. Snapdragons are hardy in this climate, not tender. Set plants out in early April, three weeks before last frost. Waiting for warm weather costs a month and the best stems.
Strawflower— the drying crop has a deadline. The papery bracts pull moisture back out of the air, so once autumn rain settles in the harvest is over rather than tapering. Cut the drying crop before the rains.
China aster— late August through September. The first edition let them run to Halloween. That happens in a warm dry year; in a normal one, September rain browns the petals first.
Chrysanthemum— moved to October–November. September mums are greenhouse-forced on a manipulated day length. Garden mums in the ground here are later.
Nothing was removed, no page moved, and both editions are exactly the length they were. If you own either book, the new file is already waiting in your Etsy downloads — see the box above.
Dates worth knowing right now
Swan Island Dahlias — tuber orders for spring open August 1.
Dahlia Barn Flower Fest (North Bend) — opening weekend September 4–6, then weekends into mid-October.
Triple Wren Farms (Ferndale) — tuber pre-sale late summer; main sale late fall/winter.
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival — April 2027; exact dates publish in winter. Check back in January.
Checked July 15, 2026. Festival dates shift year to year — confirm before driving.
The Source Directory
Every source in the planner's directory, linked and verified operating as of July 15, 2026. Nobody paid for a place on this list — every source is here on merit. Re-verified every January.
A source that closes comes off this list the January we learn of it. If you find a broken link before we do, tell us — that's the whole point of a living page.