In The Garden Planning Before Planting Is Key

How many times do you go to the store to buy some garden plants that you liked to go home and not being able to find a suitable location in the garden? How to look good in the garden, it takes a lot of planning. It simply can not go to the store, choose garden plants and things to chance, as there are many to consider such as lighting conditions, conditions of soil and plants nearby. A well planned garden will have plants that thrive and complement each other, but a garden will be randomly chosen at random and may even be harmful to the health of plants. Before buying your plants to assess their garden as sun sets and in what areas. To assess whether the soil is well drained soil or standing water, and if protected or wind. Then when you go to a garden store and buy only plants that grow in your garden, plants, the shadow of love in the shade, the sun, the points for lovers of sun, plants in areas with poor swamp the drainage and drought tolerant plants for areas that are not wet enough. Another thing that many gardeners do not consider is the soil pH. The soil is acid or alkaline? Most plants prefer soil that is a little 'bitter side, but there are some who need alkaline soil to grow. You ca change the soil pH level, but it is easier to buy plants, soil pH as it already has. Another thing to consider is how and where to plant your plants. You want a lot of green color or a showy spectacle? Optimize Your choice of plants and buy a few lots of each type. If a plant of 'everything in its "garden may seem a bit irregular. Plant in groups is much more pleasant and harmonious. One thing you can try is to draw your garden on a piece of paper. This should not be a work teacher of painting, just a simple sketch. Get some colored pencils or crayons and add the colors of the flowers you want the plant. The colors are nice together? If so, you have a plan, if back to the drawing board. Before planting, you can put plants around the garden bed in their pots to see how it is. This allows you to move and rearrange to get the desired look. Grouping plants in odd numbers are look better so try to make groups of 3 or 5 of the same floor together. The combination of colors and textures to add interest and always put the tallest trees in the back and shorter in the front. If your garden can be seen from all sides instead of being faced with a wall or a house then put the tallest trees in the center. A final consideration is the flowering season. Many plants bloom only for a short period of time, so if you want continuous color throughout the season, will have to grow plants that flower at different periods of the season. The flowers of plants with different flowering times side by side and will always be a flower that blooms in this place in the garden. Also, do not forget the foliage. There are many plants with flowers of silver, gray or purplish foliage that is as interesting as the flower. This means they are still attractive and beyond the flowering season!