Spring is the time when nature and your garden awakes and comes
alive after the long winter. That first spring flower or that first
green leave is the sign that winter in coming to an end and that a new
growing season has arrived.
Spring and Flower gardening is almost synonymous. Spring is the time to interplant perennials, shrubs, roses
and plant or transplant your annuals.
It's time to shape up your
soil, loosen the mulch around your plants and prune your early blooming
shrubs. Rake and remove leaves and debris from your garden. Without a
good planting medium your flower garden will never be at its best.
Perennials will save a lot of work in her flower garden. So keep perennial high on your list. These
beauties are working hard to eliminate the annual replanting and still
give this spring and summer color that you
are longing for. It's best to choose varieties that do not require a lot of staking or frequent division. Notorious sun lovers are daylilies,
sedium, and speedwell. Plants like hosta, fern, sweet woodruff and
columbine feel more at easy in the shadow.
Flower Bulbs add a touch of color to your spring garden. " Sprinkle " some crocuses, daffodils, tulips and of course tulips between your flower beds. Flower bulbs
are almost essential in a spring flower garden. If you haven't planted
them last spring make sure you do so coming fall.
An important part of spring gardening is over weeds. Most weeds are fairly easy to control when you start taking them from early spring. At that time they still have a shallow root system and because they
haven't bloomed yet they haven't reproduced either. Taking care of them
in spring will pay off big in summer.
Spring, its really the growing season, and for a gardener its perhaps the most beautiful and promising time of the year.
