Summer Gardening Tips
A flower...
It's that time of year to see flowers blooming and to begin planting ones to bloom soon!
Summer flowers and bedding plants are a great way to instantly add color to your lawn and especially draw attention to the front of your home.
Summer flowers start appearing in Home Depot and Calloways in the early spring, but as I learned from gardening.com ... You should be careful to plant only after the danger of freezing weather has passed. Well.. if ya live in Texas...you're good to go after January ;) I love to put flowers around the house in pitchers!
Anyone ever get stuck on what plants to buy or when and how to plant?? Here is what my green thumb is learning from my mother and gardening.com!
(pic I took on our Hawaii trip!)
Summer flowers produce the best results when purchased ready to plant rather than trying to grow them yourself from seeds (but, it'’s totally your preference). Selecting the right summer flowers for your area can be quite a task, especially if you are planting your first flower garden.
(yes these are pretty...but watch out! They grow HUGE! We had to cut down a very big hydrangea plant in our backyard when we moved in. It almost ate us)
Wherever you decide to plant your flowers is in direct sunlight for the majority of the day, you will want to choose an enduring, heat-resistant plant. Some of the better choices for full-sun are marigolds, zinnias, petunias.
(marigolds, begonias, and petunias ready to plant in our front yard!)
(our front yard)
For areas that are in partial to full shade, consider impatiens, begonias , and vinca.
All of these come in a variety of colors and grow quite well in shady areas.
In choosing the colors for your flowering plants, remember that red colors make the plant seem closer and larger, while blue will give the illusion of compactness and distance.
(our front yard)
(Us in Hawaii!)
Planting a single color of flowers will draw more attention to your flowerbed, but if you want several colors make sure the flowers compliment one another. Purple goes well with pink and white will blend in nicely with any other color. Also, red goes very well with violet as odd as this may seem.
I also bought a few Calladiums for the pots on our front porch that are slightly shaded (these guys need a bit of shade) And they are good coverage plants that don't require just a lot of attention. But look very pretty ;)
And lastly...don't forget to pick a few and put them around your house. Flowers always makes EVERYthing look better!
Or put one in your hair ha!!
love this post! i cant wait to have a yard to garden in :)
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