Ornamental Flower

Some Growing Dome owners run their domes as much for cut flowers and ornamental beauty as for food production. The controlled environment opens up flowers that wouldn't thrive outdoors at their latitude and makes year-round availability of fresh-cut blooms genuinely possible. From cutting gardens to pollinator-supporting plantings, dome owners are bringing flowers into their year-round growing approach. Explore cut flower species selection, the role of flowers in pollinator support, cutting garden design within a dome bed, succession for continuous blooms, and stories from owners on the ornamental dimension of their domes.

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Passion Flower Power: Growing Maypop Vines for Flowers, Fruit & Pollinators

May 22, 2026

Passion flower is one of those plants that stops gardeners in their tracks. With tropical-looking blooms, vigorous vines, pollinator appeal, and edible maypop fruit, this hardy passion fruit vine can bring beauty, shade, and a little garden drama to a backyard garden or Growing Dome greenhouse.

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The Best Plants for Hanging Baskets

January 23, 2026

Hanging baskets are one way to offer shade to your raised greenhouse beds and add splashes of color to your greenhouse.

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What’s Blooming in Your Greenhouse?

April 25, 2025

So what’s blooming in your greenhouse? Growing ornamentals in your greenhouse is a wonderful addition to food crops. Some are edible and they add beauty!

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Growing Saffron in a Greenhouse: How to Plant, Care for, and Harvest Saffron Crocus

October 29, 2024

Learn how to grow saffron in a greenhouse or Growing Dome, including where to plant saffron corms, how to prevent rot, when to harvest saffron threads, and how to store your homegrown spice.

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Nasturtiums: Edible, Effortless, Dazzling Companion Plants

May 29, 2024

Nasturiums are easy to grow, edible, a gorgeous ground cover and a great companion plant for your greenhouse garden or outdoor garden.

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Tropical Flowers in New Mexico Mountain Greenhouse

November 30, 2019

Matt & Christie’s New Mexico Mountain Greenhouse is growing beautiful tropical flowers year-round If you are an avid user of the Growing Spaces Facebook Group “Growing Dome Enthusiasts”, then you are no doubt familiar with our December Growing Dome of the Month owner, Matt Larson. He often posts pictures of his extraordinary flowers in his…

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Oregon Tropical Flowers in Winter

December 7, 2012

This Growing Dome Greenhouse in Oregon is flourishing in winter

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