Growing the Prettiest Flowers - Don’t you love to drive by homes and look at the beautiful yards? You know what really sets of the most beautiful yards? The bursts of color that you see from the annual flowers planted around the home. The big, colorful blooms just stand out and look so beautiful. Well, you too can have a colorful yard it just takes a little preparation.
The Best Soil for Growing Flowers
First of all, you need to know your soil. Do you have a clay or sandy soil? Clay soils tend to get hard packed after they are watered or a rain storm. Sandy soils drain really well, but they tend to dry out quickly. What you want is a nice sandy loam, which is a blend of clay and sand. It will hold water because of the clay particles, but it will also drain well because of the sand. Plants and flowers love a good sandy loam soil! If you don’t have a loamy soil you can add things like compost and peat moss to your soil to give it a loamy constancy. Sandy loam is a rich brown color and will hold its shape and then quickly crumble when you try to form a ball.
Now that your soil is improved, it is time to choose the plants you will put in. Perennials are flowers that come back year after year. Perennials have a specific flowering season so they won’t flower all summer. Annuals are the flowers that you plant each year and they generally will die after the first frost in the fall. However, annuals will give you color all summer long. It is nice to have a mixture of perennials and annuals, that way you won’t have to plant lots of annuals every year and you will have gorgeous flowers all season.
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Make sure you know the specifics of each plant. For instance, if you love impatiens and you live in a hot, dry climate, they will need to be planted in a shady location otherwise they will shrivel up and die. Every plant has needs and you should be aware of those needs before you plant. In addition to paying attention to their exposure requirements, you need to pay close attention to their watering needs. Group flowers with similar water requirements together. Put plants that thrive in drier soils along the far edges of flower beds where they may not get as much water.
Arrange your flowers so the tall varieties are in the back and move on up to the smaller types. You can mix colors for an exciting, vibrant mix. Or you can plant a theme garden. Flower beds that are planted with all white flowers are very calming, whereas a bed with bright yellows or pinks can be very energizing.
You can have the most beautiful flowers on the block. It just takes a little planning, soil improvement, and imagination!
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