Flower Gardening – A Beginners Guide

To begin flower gardening it’s best to have a good understanding about flowers in general.  For instance, it’s a good idea to know the difference between perennial and annual flowering plants.  Perennials come back each year, as annuals need to be replanted each and every year. 

Always be sure to plan your flower garden carefully.  Select flowers that grow best in your area of living. You need to plan the location carefully, so your flowers get just the right amount of sun and shade for that variety.  You should also make sure your flower garden receives the right amount of water for proper growth.

If  your soil is sandy, you should add some compost and peat moss, because sandy soil won’t hold moisture very well.  If you have clay soil, you’ll have to add some sand and compost to encourage better drainage.  Compost is very, very important for any garden.  Compost helps provide nutrients, and it also sets up an ideal drainage condition.

Be sure not to plant your flowers to deep.  If you plant flowers too deeply, the water might end up draining away before it can reach the plant’s roots.  Flowers don’t do well if they’re planted too deeply.

You should plant perennials and annuals together.  Perennials will bloom every year.  After a growth period during the spring and summer, they usually die during the winter, and they come back up the next spring. 

Annuals only bloom for a single season.  Perennials are usually grouped into early, mid, and late season bloomers.  By planting a wide variety of these in your garden, you can be sure to have blooms all year long.

Every summer you’ll need to start clipping off dead blossoms.  This is very important for annuals, especially.  If you clip off dead blooms, annuals will bloom even more.  Be sure to throw the clipped blossoms out far away from your garden so you don’t spread any diseases.

You should work to make sure you have some good beneficial insects in your garden.  Butterflies, bees, and beetles are critical to flower gardens for pollination.  Ladybugs, mantis, lacewings, dragonflies, and other insects help kill harmful insects.  These insects prey upon other bugs like aphids, which can be hard to get rid of.
 
Remember to plan your out your flower gardening carefully from the beginning.  It’s important  to plan your garden right from the start, to avoid having to move already established plants.

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