These are questions we get daily. What follows is a possible choice:
What can I plant - Where can I plant it and when is the best time - are questions we get daily? What follows is a possible choice:
You've got the itch to head to the garden center and buy annual bedding plants for your landscape but before you head for the nursery, do some planning first.
You should decide where you'd be planting the annual. Use a simple map of your landscape to decide on the best locations for annual bedding plants. When possible, choose sunny locations because there are more varieties adapted to full sun than for shade. A sunny spot gets at least 6 to 10 hours of full sun daily.
Keep in mind that good-looking annuals require considerable amounts of water. To conserve water, use annuals in areas, which offer the greatest visual impact and where water is easily accessed.
For best use of color, use them in private areas of the yard to enhance outdoor living and entertaining. A mass of colorful plants that can be seen from the den, kitchen or other living areas is effective. You might use them to border a patio or deck or use them in planter boxes or pots on the patio.
Use small, clumped masses of low-growing or dwarf varieties between groups of shrubs or as low borders in beds in the front of the house. Annuals can help fill empty spaces between newly planted shrubs.
A small flowerbed or planter near the entrance will help emphasize this area. Be careful when selecting colors to use in these areas. They should blend with the construction materials, color of the house and other plants. Two or three different colors will enhance the house's beauty, but a multitude of color can produce a cluttered effect.
If you enjoy fresh flowers in the house, create a small cutting garden. The vegetable garden is a great place to tuck in several rows of cutting flowers.
