| Flower garden layouts are as diverse as the plant | | | | space while creating a manageable and beautiful |
| varieties within them. And for the gardener looking | | | | addition to any landscape. |
| for an original touch this is great news. When it | | | | Once these considerations have been calculated |
| comes to garden layouts a little preparation is all that | | | | gardeners are free to begin deciding on colors, |
| is needed to create a beautiful and bountiful garden | | | | textures and pleasing plant combinations. Perennial |
| space worthy of any garden show. | | | | plants, plants that will generally survive growing |
| The best time to get a jump start on any flower | | | | season to growing season, are a great way to invest |
| garden layout is well before the last frost has broken. | | | | in a flower garden for years to come. But for color |
| During the bleak months of January and February | | | | and bloom all season long incorporate annuals or |
| sunny prospects come in the form of mail order seed | | | | flowers that will last only one season. |
| catalogs. This is the time to access your garden | | | | For the look and feel of a traditional English Garden |
| needs. Garden catalogs offer exceptional plants as | | | | look for a combination of perennials and annuals that |
| well as information and tips to help gardeners have a | | | | will tolerate moderate sun. Tall perennials can be |
| successful season. And as the color deprived minds | | | | planted in threes behind a colorful array of annuals for |
| flips through a catalog in February while the ground is | | | | a flower garden layout that is guaranteed to please. |
| most likely frozen ideas often soar. | | | | Flower garden layouts can be functional as well as |
| One of the first issues that any gardener must | | | | aesthetically pleasing. Borders and background |
| decide is where the garden will be located. The soil | | | | gardening can add major curb appeal to almost any |
| and lighting conditions will have a tremendous amount | | | | property. Buildings, fences and hedges make great |
| of influence over what type of layout and plants can | | | | backgrounds for most flower garden designs. They |
| be used. Shady conditions will accommodate different | | | | add depth to the garden and the garden in turn adds |
| plants than sunny ones so gardeners must know | | | | depth to the structure. Creeping plants such as |
| their area before investing in plants. Another major | | | | Morning Glories or Clematis are an asset to fences |
| consideration is space. Obviously larger spaces can | | | | and they create a wonderful backdrop for other |
| accommodate larger garden layouts. However an | | | | flowers such as a tall Zinnia or a random grouping |
| extremely large space may look better with several | | | | other colorful annuals. Walkways look great with a |
| small shaped gardens as opposed to one large | | | | trim boarder of low growing flowers such as |
| grouping of plants. Small spaces, although a challenge, | | | | Begonias, Pansies or Marigolds. But remember to allow |
| are not necessarily at a loss for grandeur. | | | | room for each plant to grow or the walkway will |
| Incorporating texture, color and even potted plants | | | | become a path of overgrown flowers. |
| can mean putting many different plants in a small | | | | |