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Flower Garden Design in the Landscape
Flower Garden Design for Colorful Gardens
A flower garden design can be in an area by itself where it becomes a focal point of the landscape. It can also be incorporated into beds with shrubs and landscape trees. There are many ways to design a flower Perennials, roses, annuals, herbs and even flowering shrubs can all be part of the design. They have their own attributes that make them special to create a well rounded flower garden design.
Flower Garden Design at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens
Flower Gardens - Types of Plants Perennials Perennials are plants that return every year. They die down in the winter. Come Spring, the dead foliage must be removed and new growth will begin; the plant you had last year will reappear, usually larger and more established. Perennials can also be cut down in the Fall, if you prefer. Few perennials, however, bloom all season long. Most perennials flower only for a particular period of time, some longer than others. Here are some perennials for your flower garden design that will bloom most of the season:
Perennials add color, variety and interest to garden. A perennial garden design can be a completely separate garden. You might have an area that would be perfect for this. Perhaps it is a view out your kitchen window. Maybe it is an area that you pass by often. As long the bed is deep enough, the perennial garden design can be quite elaborate, with lots of color, textures and varying heights. Please visit my page perennial garden design for some of my favorite plants and information about them. An English garden design is another type of flower garden. It usually has an abundance of perennials, but it has a specific structure. This is a garden which mixes formality and informality. The shapes and lines are geometric while the flowers themselves are very loose. For example, you might create a bed at the edge of a lawn area. The bed might have a long, straight edge (rather than curves), yet the plants would be designed in an informal way. A cottage garden design can be a lot of fun and can also be very casual. It's a "helter skelter' flower garden that anyone can be successful with! One of the keys to its success is to create the garden so that it is very lush. Use lots of perennials. You can also add in some old fashioned flowering shrubs. Shrub roses work well and if you have some afternoon shade, you can include some Hydrangea. 'Endless Summer' is a pretty dependable Hydrangea in that it blooms on both old and new wood. 'Annabelle' Hydrangea will also add to the cottage garden look with its big white flowers. There are things to understand about caring for Hydrangea to assure flowering. Please visit my page on pruning Hydrangea where you can learn all about it. You might add some Spring flowering bulbs. There are many wonderful bulbs available for early, mid and late Spring color. I like to use a few types, so that I have different colors and also various blooming times. If you would like to read about some recommended bulbs, visit Garden Bulbs. I have a more extended lists of my some of my favorite perennials. Please visit Shade Perennials or Perennials For The Sun to find out what they are. Roses Rose gardens can also be part of your landscape. Rose garden designs can be beautiful, but challenging. The majority of roses need quite a bit of care to do well and look their best. Be prepared to invest the time and care for them to be successful. However, there are some low maintenance roses available. Two that I love and have grown myself are Fairy Rose and Knockout Rose. Here is a nice site on rose gardens. As with any flower garden design, you might choose to have a rose garden comprised only of roses. You can also incorporate roses in with the rest of your flower garden design among other types of plants. This will make the garden interesting by providing another type of flowering plant. Some roses flower repeatedly throughout the season.Here are some roses that are repeat bloomers, are easy to care for, and blend will with other plants in your flower garden design.
Annual Flowers Annuals are flowers that live for one season only and then die. You might ask, "Why bother?" There is a very good reason to have some annuals in your flower garden design. Annuals will bloom continuously all season long! They will add glorious color to the garden. However, they do need some care for them to perform at their best. Annual flowers need to be dead headed. Dead heading is where the spent, or finished flower, is removed from the plant. This is necessary for annuals to keep flowering at their best. In addition, they need to be fertilized frequently and regularly. Depending on the fertilizer you choose, this may be anywhere from once a week to once a month.Some very nice annuals are:
Fragrant Flowers What is a garden without some fragrant flowers? Plant these flowers where you will appreciate their scent, such as along your walkways, next to the patio, or in a special sitting area. Here are a few to consider:
Herb Gardens Yes, herbs actually do flower, although this is not the main reason for including them in our gardens. It is mostly for cooking and fragrances. In addition, many of them are drought tolerant so are perfect for certain areas. Most herbs are disease and insect resistant and take little care. Some are annuals while others are perennials. Consider the herb Thyme. There are many varieties of this herb. There is Lemon Thyme, Wooly Thyme and Creeping Thyme, to name a few. Thyme will do extremely well in hot, dry areas. It is fragrant and can be used in many recipes. It is generally low growing and does flower.Here are some plants to consider either for an herb garden or to mix into your flower garden:
If you have a very wet area on your property, consider a rain garden design. You can create a great flower garden with flowers and other plants that are wet site tolerant. This is a wonderful solutions to a this type of problem area. You can learn more about this type of garden and specific plant suggestions at my page on rain garden design. Whichever type of flower garden design you choose, there are few things to remember as you get started.
Most important, have fun with these gardens! Do you have some favorite perennials?Do you have favorite perennials that you would like to recommend to other visitors? I'd love to have you share what they are and tell us why! What Other Visitors Have SaidClick below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...
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garden. In addition, there are many types of flower gardens to incorporate into your landscape. 