Proper Planning Of Flower Beds And Borders For Maximum Beauty And Enjoyment
Posted on December 11, 2007 - Filed Under Home Improvement
From the start, you can plan to have perennials blooming at different seasons, (for example, the iris, which reaches the peak of its bloom just as the peony season begins). Visit your local independent nursery to find the plants that do best in your geographic area.
Once you have decided on the perennials you will use and know accurately when they bloom you can then plan to fill in the gaps that are left by their passing with prolific, quick-growing annuals. If you have the room you can plan to have a potting bed, perhaps in your vegetable garden or a sheltered spot behind your garden shed or garage, where you can grow extra annuals and those perennials which do not mind being transplanted.
Then when one season passes, tulips for example, you can fill in with another tall bulb that flowers in the summer, such as the canna-lily. Start by planning on paper, with the shape of the bed or border sketched in, and the position of the plants indicated.
A common and feasible design for the average lot is the border running the length and rear wall of the back yard. (But don’t be afraid to use your own creativity.) This design can be a mixed border of summer-flowering bulbs, perennials and annuals, backed by shrubs. Other designs can be designed for the center of the lawn, foundation planting, pathways to the house and for the sides of the house.
Both semi-formal and formal gardens can have borders or beds laid out alongside of or divided by walks. In planning your border, it is best to provide for tall screening plants that will form a background for the shorter plants. These screening plants may need staking but once established they should be sturdy.
If you have a wide border, more than 6 feet, you will need a narrow path in front of the screening plants that you can use for cultivating and tending. The center border plants are normally of medium height, and can be chosen with vivid colors. If you are planning to have a wide border, relatively tall plants (such as iris) can go here.
In the foreground are your edging plants, composed of neat and plainly visible flowers, such as: clipped green perennials, pansies, dwarf marigolds or sweet alyssum or low-growing petunias, to name a few.Finally you should consider locating flower beds or borders so that they are visible from your windows and close to your terraces and gathering places outdoors so that you can get maximum enjoyment from your efforts.
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