How To Use Biennials & Perennials In Landscaping Your Garden

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Other perennials are continually being developed by amateur botanists and gardeners. As a result of this cultivation and inbreeding, perennials as a rule are not as hardy as other varieties. Another disadvantage isrepparttar tendency of certain perennials to die down after flowering, thereby leaving gaps in repparttar 113355 garden.

There are a number of ways to solverepparttar 113356 problems of short-flowering periods andrepparttar 113357 resultant unsightly spaces. One way is to intersperse perennials with annuals and other bulbs and flowering plants whose bloom occurs either later or earlier than that ofrepparttar 113358 perennials. Some perennials are easy to transplant: chrysanthemums, for example, can be moved from one place to another with no noticeable effect on their vigor.

This is another way to keep color and bloom throughoutrepparttar 113359 growing season. A garden of perennials, either by themselves or mixed with annuals and other bulbs, should be placed along a path, or as a border, with a background of trees, shrubs, a wall or fence.

The background showsrepparttar 113360 brilliant coloring to best advantage. Some varieties can flourish inrepparttar 113361 shade, such as anemone, lily ofrepparttar 113362 valley, day lilies, sweet pea, primrose, hollyhock, harebell and peonies, but these flowers must be chosen carefully and faced so that some sun reaches them every day.

Paul Curran is CEO of Cuzcom Internet Publishing Group and webmaster at Trees-and-Bushes.com, providing access to their nursery supplier of a range of quality plants, trees, bushes, shrubs, seeds and garden products. Visit their site now to find a great selection of flowers for your garden


How To Propagate Seeds Outdoors

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The big disadvantage of outdoor sowing is that one sacrifices control overrepparttar circumstances under whichrepparttar 113354 seeds will germinate. In an indoor hotbed, or coldframe, conditions of moisture, heat, etc., can be regulated. Not so inrepparttar 113355 outdoors, where dryness or changing weather can destroyrepparttar 113356 weaker seeds quickly. If an outdoor seedbed is planned, choose a spot with good soil.

Then work in a portion of your compost pile, pulverizingrepparttar 113357 soil torepparttar 113358 depth of 3 inches. Adding some sand and peat moss increasesrepparttar 113359 effectiveness ofrepparttar 113360 bed. Most seed may be planted onrepparttar 113361 surface, andrepparttar 113362 deepest one should plant is 1/2 inch. The bed should be well-watered afterrepparttar 113363 seed has been broadcast over repparttar 113364 entire area. The bed can then be lightly tamped.

Paul Curran is CEO of Cuzcom Internet Publishing Group and webmaster at Trees-and-Bushes.com, providing access to their nursery supplier of a range of quality plants, trees, bushes, shrubs, seeds and garden products.Visit their seeds section now to find a great selection of seeds for your garden


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