perennial flower garden
Perennial flowers will provide your garden with a huge variety if colors, shapes and types. Though they tend to have a shorter blooming period usually 2 to 4 weeks, if and when you design and plant your flowers correctly you can have blooms from spring through fall.
The main advantage of planting perennial flowers is that you don’t have to plant them every year. Consideration as to how it looks before and after it blooms should also be taken into account. Planting annuals along with perennials will give a show of color all through the growing season.
As with any planting consider your site first, the amount of sunlight needed ( at least 6 hours ) the soil type, moisture needed, drainage and how you want your layout to look, remember these plants will be left out during winter.
Keep in mind that shady spots around trees and shrubs will cause plants to compete with their roots for much needed moisture. Even with the best preparing tree roots are deeply in-bedded and shrub roots will grow back.
Avoid areas that are problem weed areas, making sure it is well cultivated from weed by using a herbicide or cover with heavy clear plastic and re-soil the area before planting.
Avoid planting also in an area where you know small children will be playing.
Perennials can stand a wet site for a short period of time, but most will die from their roots being to wet, so avoid low lying areas that tend to have standing water.
Any plant will fair better in rich well drained soil and always incorporate mulch and compost into the soil before you plant.
When choosing your plants, select plants that are showy and bloosomy as well as those that will bloom and blend well with them. Plants can be purchase from nurseries and garden centers.
Plants that are packaged in cell packs tend to grow into the ground quicker and are less expensive, just keep them moist until you plant because they will dry out quicker.
Try and avoid buying and planting plants that are in bloom, a plant in bloom is not always the best time to be transplanted. When transplanting try and plant on cool over cast days and if this is not possible try and provide some shade to the plants. Please avoid hot, humid windy days whenever possible. Soak bare root flowers in water at least ½ hour before planting.
Container grown plants should be watered before removing them to be planted. When planting make sure the soil is loosened then fill the hole and press the soil lightly around the plant making sure the crown line is at the soil line. To stimulate root growth soak the soil with a mixture of liquid fertilizer and water ( follow manufacturer’s directions ).
Water plants frequently until they become well established. One tip on purchasing, avoid plants that are dried out or have yellow or pale green leaves and stems, they tend not to do well.
Below are a few suggestions on what might look well in your perennial garden.
Eudora DeWynter offers tips on Perennial Flowers on her blog at http:www.gardentoolguru.com.
Gardening Tips : How to Plant a Perennial Flower Garden
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Organic Carrot Seeds Carnival Blend 1000 Seeds $2.90 Want to get your kids to eat their carrots? Plant this quick growing vegetable and have them pull them up with a color surprise. The packet contains red, purple, white and yellow carrots. Enough seeds for a 12 foot row…. |
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Danish Flag Afghan Poppy 250 Seeds – Papaver somniferum $2.39 PAPAVER: Delicate blossoms of Poppies have enchanted us for generations. Large paper-thin petals form a bowl around their ornamental centers. The blossoms are a favorite for butterflies, hummingbirds and bees. Sunlight makes their translucent petals positively glow with color. * Huge blood red single blooms with a broad white cross in the center. A showstopper! A frost hardy annual that read… |
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Wildflower Seeds 1000+ Low Growing $0.99 * Our Wildflower mixes are specially formulated to provide waves of beautiful color and low-maintenance beauty. For best results, sow directly into garden after all danger of frost. Soil should be cultivated to a depth of 2″. A light application of fertilizer and mulch can be bendficial. Water lightly and frequently during germination, then water as needed. Grows 14 to 18″ high. Prefers full sun…. |
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Penelope Hobhouse: Roses & Color and Roses for the Garden $15.99 … |
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Gardens of the World: Flower Gardens [VHS] $1.98 … |
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Flower Gardener’s Bible $24.95 Time-tested techniques, creative designs, and perfect plans for colorful gardens from Lewis and Nancy Hill. Was $32.95 – Now Only $24.95! |
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The New Perennial Garden $13.19 Buy and sell [The New Perennial Garden] at great prices. |
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Perennial Garden Design $12.14 Buy and sell [Perennial Garden Design] at great prices. |
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Creating A Perennial Garden In The Midwest $13.4 Buy and sell [Creating A Perennial Garden In The Midwest] at great prices. |
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The Well-Tended Perennial Garden $22.5 Buy and sell [The Well-Tended Perennial Garden] at great prices. |
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Border Edger $44.95 Makes it easy to beautify your property with sharp, clean edges around paths, flower beds and bushes. Wheel and hardened spring-steel blade attaches easily to your tiller. Cuts neat, crisp edges where your flower beds meet the lawn. Maintains a sharp edge between lawn and gardens. |
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Perennial Garden Plants, Or, The Modern Florilegium $19.17 Buy and sell [Perennial Garden Plants, Or, The Modern Florilegium] at great prices. |
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Planter/Furrower $64.95 Two special tines dig deep, 6″ wide furrows in any soil! Perfect for tomato plants, corn, beans, potato eyes, asparagus roots, onion sets, and flower bulbs. Permits drought-resistant root growth and excellent yields from root crops. Great for tilling in narrow areas and for creating raised beds, cutting trenches for underground irrigation hoses, or low-voltage accent and patio lighting. |