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3 Basic Tips for Flower Gardening Success
Are you ready to try your hand at flower gardening?
Planting and cultivating floral plants can be a relaxing hobby That improves the appearance of the outside of your home and has a positive impact on the environment. No matter how large or small your yard is, its likely that planting a flower garden will enhance its natural beauty.
Growing beautiful flowers doesn't have to be a difficult or time consuming hobby, particularly if you follow these basic tips for flower gardening success.
1. Choose Plants Wisely
Before you choose flowers for different areas of your yard, pay close attention to how much sun each area gets on a daily basis, and select plants for each spot accordingly. Some plants need a great deal of light, and some grow better in the shade. It's vital to properly place flowers in your garden so they don't get too much or too little exposure to sunlight. You can't really control how sunny or shady your yard is, but you can certainly control which flowers you choose to plant.
2. Start With Easy Care Plants
When choosing plants for your garden, pay close attention to the hardiness of the varieties you select. Some flowering plants are very low maintenance, which makes them excellent choices for beginning gardeners. Others require a significant amount of care, and are best reserved those who have experience tending high maintenance plants. If you enjoy gardening and have a positive experience with easy care flowers, you can move up to more challenging varieties during the next planting season.
3. Proper Spacing
Many beginning gardeners make the fatal error of placing individual plants too close to each other. When planted properly, young plants do look like they are spaced too far apart at first. However, they must have room to grow in order to mature, thrive, and bloom. If sufficient space isn't left between each plant, they aren't likely to survive. Be sure to follow the planting guidelines included with your seedlings so you'll be able to enjoy the beauty of healthy, blooming plants all season long.
You're likely to have a great experience with your first flower garden if you follow these three basic tips for gardening success. Once you've mastered the basics of flower gardening, you can make plans to expand your flower beds each season, gradually turning your yard into the envy of everyone else in your neighborhood.
Ways to Add Drama to Your Garden
Gardens are never finished. They evolve each year, going
from bland to “wow!” The goal is usually for more drama in
the design. this is the joy of gardening, it's not just in the nurturing of plants, but the look of the garden as a whole. Here's a few ideas for adding drama to your garden.
In the herbacious border, plant the flowers en masse with
3 or 7 of the same plant together, rather than one here
and another there. The flowers stand out much better.
For this effect, you may consider widening your border.
It's much more dramatic.
If you have room, build a rose walk with a series of arbors over
lavender-lined path. Plant climbing roses at the base of the posts.
Plant ivy or climbing hydrangea at the base of one wall of your home for an age effect.
Fill two tall cement urns with topiaries or evergreens and place them at an entrance for instant elegance and drama.
Plant Kniphofia (Red-Hot Pokers) en masse against a dark hedge for a good show.
Make a white garden. Fill an area with billowy gypsophila (baby's breath). Plant the tall Regale Lily evenly spaced throughout the bed. This bed would look very dramatic
against a dark wall or hedge.
When purchasing standard lilacs or roses purchase more than one. Three or four in a row is much more effective. One alone pears.
Consider the shady areas under trees and plant brightly colored astilbe, foxgloves or other shade-loving plant. Plant en masse for drama.
Even if you only pick one of these projects, you'll be adding that “wow!” factor. Have a look at your own garden and try to visualize where it needs a bit of drama.
You'll be impressed with results.
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