Flower
Gardening Tips: Helping Creativity Bloom
“It
will never rain roses. When we want to have more roses, we must
plant more roses.” - George Eliot
Here we present
a few special flower gardening tips to help you be a more effective
and creative flower gardener. Have fun!
-- Follow
the rules of painting: use complementary colors or tints and shades
of one color. Check out this website from Brown University on
color
theory.
-- Planting
large groups of contrasting flowers next to each other can create
a spectacular effect.
-- Plant
shrubs and individual ornamental grasses in groups of odd numbers.
Planting odd numbers of these plants will balance out the visual
aspects of your flower garden.
-- Don’t
overwhelm a small space with a large number of plant species.
Select just a few so your flower garden doesn’t look cluttered.
-- Take advantage
of the special colors of the sunset and sunrise. Use colorful
plants accordingly.
-- Consider
plants with colorful flowers that will also produce tasty fruits.
Cherry and other fruit trees can be a great addition to your flower
garden.
-- Keep your
flower garden properly maintained. Prune your trees and shrubs
to maintain appealing shapes, even in the winter. Deadhead your
flowers and cut back old, frayed growth.
-- Lawns
are much easier to mow if they aren't broken up with a few flowers
here and a few flowers there.
-- If you
want to plant flowers under a tree, make sure the flowers will
do well in the shade.
-- Choose
climbing or vining flowers to grow near a trellis
or garden arbor.
-- Be careful
when planting flowers under a tree not to dig up any roots. Plant
flowers under trees by digging a small separate hole for each
plant.
-- Make sure
to keep in mind the mature size of young trees and shrubs you
plant. Otherwise it will be easy to plant them too close together.
-- Avoid
putting new structures or plants where they will damage existing
landscape features.
-- Plant
in curves for better visual balance, not straight lines or perfect
circles.
-- Make sure
that your flower garden slopes away from your house.
-- Adding
mulch to your finished flower garden will help hold moisture.In
addition, deteriorating mulch will add organic matter to your
soil. Some mulch, such as shredded bark, can be quite attractive.
-- Use drip
irrigation systems to water individual plants and save water.
-- Never
water on a windy day.
-- Water in the early morning or late afternoon to avoid evaporation.
-- Try introducing or attracting lady bugs, praying mantis, and
the non-stinging Trichogramma wasp to your garden for natural
pest control.
-- Try gardening with plants that will attract birds and bats
which will eat up insect pest species in your garden. See
here for more ways to attract beneficial animals to your flower
garden.
Visit this
site for a more complete list of organic
gardening tips.
The unusual looking design of this garden
fork works ergonomically to let you use the power of your
entire arm instead of just your wrist.
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