A Beautiful Flower Garden
by Faith Wright-Draper aka
"byfaithonly"
Do you daydream over the photos in Home and
Garden wishing for a beautiful flower garden of
your own? The great thing is it's not all that
difficult for the average or even beginner
gardener to have flower gardens that will turn
peoples heads and provide hours of enjoyment for
both the homeowner and others.
The first thing you should do when planning a
flower garden is to decide where you want your
flowerbeds to be. The best way to do this is to
walk around your yard and picture in your mind
open or bare spaces where a flower bed can add
some interest to the landscape setting. Making
notes on a note pad can be very helpful.
Once you have decided on a location for your
flower bed it's important that you look at this
location during different times of the day.
Before planting a flower garden it is necessary
to know if you are planting in a sunny, partial
shade, or shaded area.
Another thing you will want to make note of is
the type of soil that is in the prospective
flower garden. Some flowering plants are
particular about what type of soil they grow in
while others will grow in any dirt. You don't
however need to be a rocket scientist to figure
this out, think simple: sandy, clay, rocky, humus
(rich dark moist soil).
Once you have the information as far as sun
exposure and soil for your flower garden designs
it's time to start picking your flower plants. A
visit to your local garden center is by far the
best. Take your flower bed designs with you and
your notes. They will be able to show you a
selection of flowering plants that will not only
do well in your flower garden location but also
what flower plant will do well in your geographic
location.
Two other options for choosing plants for your
flower bed are searching through gardening books
that give you growing information on individual
plants or searching online for examples of flower
gardens. Many of the well known seed and plant
companies have web sites that provide all the
needed information for your flower bed design.
As a flower garden beginner you may want to
consider some of the packaged flower garden
designs. These can be purchased for different
soil and sun exposures and will include a variety
of plants including different colors, heights,
and flowering seasons already combined in one
package. Keep in mind that a spring garden flower
may be spectacular in the spring but boring in
the autumn.
If you decide you would like to plant your flower
garden from scratch; selecting each flower plant
yourself it is still simple to make your flower
gardening experience fun and enjoyable. With your
flowerbed designs in hand browse through the
millions of photos of flower plants available.
When you see something you particularly love then
check to see if it will work in your location.
Keep in mind flower gardening is as flexible as
the number of flowering plants available.
Now that you have selected the flowers for your
flower garden design you will need to follow the
planting directions for the individual plants and
get them in the dirt. Most plants or seeds will
come with simple to follow instructions to get
your flower gardens from paper to a beautiful
display to enjoy. Flower gardening can be very
rewarding, therapeutic, and enjoyable.
| Faith Wright-Draper (aka
byfaithonly) has been writing for over 40
years as a journalist, ghostwriting, and
freelancing. She currently writes for
several blogs, freelances, and on her own
website www.byfaithonly.com
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