Gardening: Gardening - Using Bulbs in Your Landscaping

Gardening - Using Bulbs in Your Landscaping

Written by Jill Dow

Naturalized bulbs look beautiful in a wooded setting. You can plant them and leave them to multiply. After repparttar

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foliage will die down, but you can interplant bulbs with ground covers for a carefree and beautiful garden.

For a natural look you should arrange your bulbs informally. If you toss them and plant them where they land, with small adjustments for spacing, it'll look much better than if you arrange them.

Bulbs also work well in a perrenial garden. When your bulbs finish blooming your perrenials are just ready to get started and they're now filling in repparttar 147380 spaces and hiding repparttar 147381 soon to be dormant foliage of your bulbs. This is a great way to extend color in repparttar 147382 garden for a good 6 weeks.

Gardening in Containers

Written by Jill Dow

Container gardening is a wonderful idea whether you have a garden bed or not. It's perfect for apartments or small areas, but can also really enhance your patio. Here are some tips on gardening in containers.

Every Garden can benefit from repparttar addition of container gardens. They add interst and variety, plus are easily moved around. If you live in an apartment or have a small area to work with this may be repparttar 147378 only solution for you.

Your Container

Your container can be pretty much anything and is only limited to your imagination. Just make sure there is adequate drainage for your plants. I love old buckets, discarded kitchen pots and baskets for a rustic feel. For a formal garden choose a more traditional container.

Regardless of your choice of container, make sure it's not to big or too small for your planting.

Your Soil

Do not use garden soil for your container plants. Garden soil is too heavy, dries out too quickly and will not provide repparttar 147379 needed nutrients your container plants need. You can find good potting soil at your local garden center or you can mix your own.

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