| wer garden can be a peaceful and beautiful refuge | | | | seasonal flowers to keep the garden full of color |
| from the rest of the world. Sitting in the midst of | | | | during the blooming seasons. |
| fragrant flowers while reading a book or strolling | | | | Cottage Flower Garden Designs |
| along paths lined with flowers in cheerful colors can | | | | Informal cottage gardens have an old-fashioned, |
| help you to wind down after a busy, stressful day. | | | | rustic look about them. These flower garden designs |
| With some planning and work, a lovely flower garden | | | | incorporate the use of flowers, plants and |
| can be yours to enjoy. | | | | vegetables. |
| Planning Flower Garden Designs | | | | Shade Flower Garden Designs |
| Creating beautiful flower garden designs takes much | | | | Shade gardens are good flower garden designs for |
| planning and consideration. You will need to consider | | | | spaces with many trees blocking the sunlight. There |
| the types of flowers and combinations of colors you | | | | are many flowers that do well in shady areas, |
| desire for the garden. You will also need to think | | | | including impatiens, begonia, azalea, hosta and viola. |
| about the placement of borders and shrubs as well | | | | The lack of leaves on the trees in spring allows spring |
| as seating and ornaments. It is a good idea to | | | | bulbs to grow, filling the space with color. |
| choose an overall style for the garden and stick with | | | | Wildflower Flower Garden Designs |
| it. When you begin your flower garden designs | | | | Wildflower gardens are flower garden designs that |
| project, you should make a scale drawing of the | | | | feature plants indigenous to the area where the |
| design to help visualize your concepts. | | | | garden is located. These gardens tend to require less |
| Shapes in Flower Garden Designs | | | | pampering than some of the other types listed here, |
| Decide upon the shape and pattern for your flower | | | | usually not requiring much weeding or amendments |
| garden designs. Rectangular flower garden designs | | | | to the soil. |
| are a traditional shape and always popular. Circular | | | | Butterfly Flower Garden Designs |
| shaped gardens add interest to the standard | | | | Butterfly gardens are delightful flower garden designs, |
| rectangular lawn. Flower gardens planted on a | | | | planted with flowers known to attract butterflies. |
| diagonal to the house can make a lawn appear larger | | | | Plants such as marigold, lilac, coreopsis, lavender, |
| than it actually is. | | | | black-eyed susan and goldenrod are all good choices |
| Styles of Flower Garden Designs | | | | for butterfly gardens. |
| There are a number of styles of gardens that you | | | | Hummingbird Flower Garden Designs |
| can plant, and many of them are not too difficult to | | | | Likewise, hummingbird gardens are a good choice for |
| achieve. Some favorite flower garden designs are | | | | those who enjoy spotting these small birds. |
| listed here. | | | | Hummingbirds like richly colored flowers with sweet |
| Rose Flower Garden Designs | | | | nectar and a tubular shape. Red and fuschia flowers |
| Rose Gardens are easy to plant and beautiful to see. | | | | in particular tend to attract hummingbirds. Some |
| In addition to modern roses, include fragrant, | | | | hummingbird garden favorites are morning glory, |
| old-fashioned varieties of roses whose scent will | | | | petunias, azalea, rose of sharon, delphinium and |
| delight. Plant bulbs in the beds and border them with | | | | honeysuckle. |