Flower Garden Design - Some New Ideas
A good flower garden design is the result of good planning. Be careful not to
place too much emphasis on a colorful spring, also plan ahead. Make sure to pl
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spring, summer and autumn bloomers. I know the months after the gray winter we
are drawn outside and are prepared to work out butts of, but with some planning
your garden will be an explosion of quick succession of flowers.
So if you want your garden to look good in spring, summer and autumn, do some
planning at the start. If you are going for annuals, choose plants that bloom in
all seasons where possible. Choose those with longer blooming seasons over those
that only bloom for one or two weeks. Consider all the work you have to plant,
water and weed. If at the end of it, you only get two weeks of bloom it seems
rather a waste. But if you just adore those short bloomers, then go ahead and
put them, but mix in some longer bloomers too.
The Bulb Flowers that announce spring usually don't last long. There is a nice
trick to overcome part of this challenge, plant them on top of each other.
Meaning plant them in layers. Plant some really early bloomers like the snowdrop
(galanthus nivalis) in layer one and for example daffodils underneath them. Or
use layer on for crocuses and the second for tulips
The process of planting the bulbs is simple dig deeper them you are used too.
Place the bulbs that are second in line. Cover them with a layer of soil and
proceed with the second layer.
You can use a mix of annuals and perennials and in order to save some work, keep
the annuals at the edges while you place your perennials in the center. There
are great alternations to make with things like mondo grass, pansies to get a
nice edging. Now you have the mondo grass after the pansies did their work
Or you could design your garden so that spring, summer and autumn flowers are
inter spersed throughout your garden. That way there will always be something of
interest to look at. If there is a bare spot, pop in something from the nursery
that will soon be blooming. That's the moment you will be glad that you have the
annuals at the edges of the garden.
This introduction to a planned flower design is mainly a call to action for your
own creativity. Its fun to plan things like this on the computer. Use some good
design software for this purpose. Perhaps it's a twist in my brain but I find it
great to simulate the development of a garden design.
In some cases, dead heading your plants will increase their blooming life. In
other cases, you might prefer to leave the flower on the bush so that you'll get
the additional delight of seed heads or berries.
Roses and camellia's often have hips or big seed pods that are most attractive.
Agapanthus will die off but leave the stark beauty of the stalk with a spiky
head. This can be picked for indoor flower arrangements, or left in the garden.
A Flower Garden Design prepared with care will show and give you al lot of
satisfaction
Gardening Alternatives
- Greenhouse Gardening
- Installing a Garden Window
- Special Needs Gardening Tips
- Hydroponic Gardening
- Hydroponic Strawberries
- Raised Bed Flower Gardening
- Lasagna (Layered) Gardening
- Bird, and Butterfly Garden
- Water Gardening
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