Colorful flowers, whether bulbs, shrubs or perennials, are always a welcome sight. Incorporating these early bloomers is a great way to brighten up the landscape after a long barren winter.
Spring bulbs are perhaps the most eagerly awaited flower. They offer some of the earliest blooms of all garden flowers, though some will last until May or June. Bulbs, such as tulips, daffodils, blue bells and crocuses, are planted in the fall before the ground freezes. They can be incorporated into perennial garden, the shrub bed or even for planting in the lawn. They’re most effective when planted in masses so plant quite a few in each area.
Early blooming shrubs, such as forsythia and witch-hazel, bloom long before most perennial flowers even emerge from the soil. Between April and June there are more shrubs and trees in bloom than at any other time of the year.
Early blooming perennials also can brighten up the spring landscape. Woodland landscapes are often the quite colorful in spring since many flowers, including bleeding heart and columbine, grow deciduous shade trees before their leaves fully develop.
The traditional perennial garden can be designing to include early blooming flowers. Iris is a great early blooming perennial and is available in a wide variety of colors and sizes. Other early bloomers great for the perennial garden include poppy and lupine.
Though many plants are in bloom, green is still dominants the spring landscape so it is important to include in your garden plan plants with various shades of green foliage. Hosta grows in many shades of green including blue-green and gold-green and gray-green. Hosta forms the perfect backdrop for spring flowers and provides lush foliage all season long. Evergreens, such as yew, boxwood, rhododendron and azalea, provide the garden with beautiful shades of green year-round.
Planning and designing your garden prior to planting is important. It gives you a helpful guide while you plant. Though early flowers are welcoming sure signs of spring, be sure to incorporate all kind of flowers in the garden so there’s continuous bloom from spring to fall.
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