Creating a cutting garden allows you to bring the color and fragrance of the garden indoors. Planning a cutting garden is simple, though there are few thing to remember. Most cut flowers prefer full sun. Think about what color combinations you’d like in your arrangements. Since the flowers in a cutting garden are meant to picked consider planting two flower gardens; one for display and one for cutting. If you lack the space for a traditional perennial garden consider planting flowers in pots which could be placed on a sunny patio, deck or porch.
Creating A Cutting Garden
On November - 20 - 2009
Gardening With Groundcovers
On November - 20 - 2009
Planting groundcovers is a great way to reduce the time you spend maintaining your garden. Groundcovers can also add color, texture and variety to your garden. Anywhere mowing is difficult or grass is difficult to grow, such as shady areas beneath large shade trees, may be ideal spots for groundcovers. Difficult spots such as rocky slopes or areas with poor soil can be planted with groundcovers such as thyme (Thymu vulgaris) or sedum (Sedum spurium) as they require little soil and can tolerate poor soils.
Micro-Climates
On November - 20 - 2009
One factor gardeners often overlook is the micro-climate, small, but noticeable variations on conditions with the landscape. Micro-climates within your specific site determine what plants are appropriate for your garden. A sunny spot against a southern facing stone wall, for instance, will be warmer than its surrounding environment. In a space such as this, plants which are borderline hardy have a better chance at survival than if planted elsewhere in the garden.
Shade Gardens
On November - 19 - 2009
Gardening in the shade presents gardeners with the opportunity to work with a wide variety of beautiful plants. There are virtually an end number of plants which can grow in a garden. Many plants, in fact, prefer at least some protection from full exposure to the sun.
Fragrant Gardens
On November - 19 - 2009
Most garden designs are focused on the visual characteristics of individual plants and their arrangement. However, the best gardens take into consideration all of a plants qualities, including its fragrance. Fragrance, the sense which evokes memory better than any other, is easy to incorporate into your garden design.
Butterfly Gardens
On November - 19 - 2009
Designing a butterfly garden requires a bit of research. You first need to determine which species of butterfly lives in your area. Look at who visits your neighbors’ yards, or watch in nearby parks, natural areas, roadsides, or gardens and write down the species you see. Consult the North American Butterfly Association or local conservation organizations for more information.
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On November - 18 - 2009
the mature height of your trees and shrubs before planting. Plants which become too large for its location may require excessive pruning.
Garden Design: Part 3
On November - 18 - 2009
One of the most important consideration in garden design is color. It can be utilized to provide seasonal interest, create juxtapositions and focal points in the landscape. Dark-colored plants contrasted with light-colored plants draw one’s attention in a planting composition. For instance, unique, colorful foliage, like the red foliage of the Japanese maple (Acer palmatum), contrasts nicely with the various shades of greens in the landscape.
6 Specimen Trees For The Garden
On November - 17 - 2009
Specimen plants, with their unique or strange qualities, command attention in the garden. If your planning on incorporating a specimen plants in your garden design the most important consideration is placement. Smaller accent plants such as a dwarf false cypress, are effective in a patio setting where they can stand out among the flowers while larger plant such as the weeping willow need room to grow. The following is an introduction to a few commonly used specimen plants.
Fall Gardens
On November - 16 - 2009
Though most of the flowers have finished blooming by fall, there’s still a number of ways to keep your garden beautiful late into the year. There are a number of fall blooming perennials as well as shrubs and trees with vibrant foliage which can provide fall color.
