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Choosing The Best Plants For Your Garden
One of the most important aspects of planting a garden is choosing the best plants for that garden. Many times you might find yourself at the plant store buying plants that look pretty in the pots and containers there when in fact there really is no place suitable to plant them in your garden. That's why it is important to take a good look at your garden and map out how much areas get sun and how much gets shade and what kind of soil you have before you buy plants.
Once you have the specifics on your garden and you can go to plant store and find plants that will grow best in your situation. Not all plants will grow in all places you need to buy shade loving plants for the shaded areas in southern loving plants for areas that are in full sun. Also if you want to consider how well drained your soil is as this can be a deciding factor in whether you're flowers grow to lush plants or wither and die.
The first thing you should do is test your soil to determine the pH level which will in turn decide what kind of nutrients you need to add to bring the soil to the perfect pH. Is your soil to alkaline to aesthetic? Most plants like a soil that is on the aesthetic side but some require a more alkaline soil in order to thrive. If your soil is of the right type for the plants that you want to grow don't worry, you can alter the pH using organic material or chemicals that you find at the Garden store. However it's much easier just to know what your pH is and plant plants that are perfect for that pH.
Another thing to consider is how you will group your plants. Most gardens look better if you plant like plants together in groups. While you might find a lot that you like at the plant store and water by one of each this will make your garden looks body. Grouping your plants in an organized manner will add interest and balanced your garden.
Before you actually did the holes place your plants in their containers around the garden to see what will look like. If you don't like the way some things look simply move the containers around until you get the perfect garden. It's best to group plants in odd numbers such as sets of threes or five. You want to make an interesting combination of textures and colors and make sure to put Cholla plants to the back. If you garden can be viewed from all sides that you want to plant the tallest plants in the middle and go lower as you go out to the edges. Make your for you plant the plants because if there are a lot of tree roots those can steal all the nutrients and water from the soil and leave your flowers lacking.
Choosing the best plants for your color scheme can help maintain harmony in your garden. When you buy your plants think about what colors they will be when they bloom. Some colors clash while others look great together. Also consider the times that the plants will be blooming annuals bloom all year but perennials will bloom for certain period of time. You want to make sure that you always have a splash of color in your garden so plant plants that will bloom and staggered times to have color all year. Don't forget the color of the fully edge or leaves as they can add to the garden as well. Some flowers have so silver foliage others are purpleish and others can be on the red side these can all add interest you garden.
Planting a garden can be fun and enhance the look of your yard but when it really comes down to it choosing the best plants for your garden involves knowing the specifics of the Garden itself. Choosing plants that will thrive in your environment will ensure that you have a lush and beautiful garden all season long.
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