Flowers
Flowers are a major asset to a landscape when they are used effectively. But like most other plants people tend to buy flowers that just don't work for their landscape. People plant shady pants in the sun and full son plants in the shade. They plant taller plants in front of short plants or they just have no creativity and plant much of the same plants or monotone colors. To pull off an award winning design flowers are the final touches. They are the things that usually blend in and go unnoticed unless they are extraordinary or awful. Let us try to get you in the more extraordinary category.
The first thing you want to decide between is the straight line divider of the flower class. You must pick between annuals, perennials or a combination of both. They both have positive and negative effects to them of course. If you like to keep the maintenance down choosing some great perennials is a great option. They can handle the harsh winter and still come back every season. Annuals must be planted every year but often grow much faster than perennials.
Next you will need to know where you want to plant the flowers and how much sun and rain they are going to receive in the places you plant them. Plants do much better if you put them in similar environments that they are used to naturally.
Height will be the next determining factor. You can either work from short to tall or vice versa but pay attention to how tall a plant will get at its max size. Just like everything else in your landscape you want to think ahead to how big they are going to get.
At the same time you are working on your heights you will want to pay attention to color and fragrance. Just like the shrubs some of the flowers have different fragrances. Most flowers come in a variety of colors so the choice of color is fairly easy but should never be overlooked. Planting too many of the same color will look very boring and the effort of finding different sizes and fragrances could be thrown out the door. With color selection you can become very creative and make a masterpiece of your own.
A very important thing you will want to pay attention to is the blooming season of the flowers. Plants have different times when they bloom. It is a good idea to have a selection of flowers that bloom at different points in the year to have color all year round. Putting all of these options together can seem overwhelming but there are many great nurseries that have professionals that have been around flowers for years. These people can help you out so be a little studious and ask the professionals.
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