Care of the Flower Garden
Knowing how to care for your flower garden can
make a big difference in the look and over-all health of your
plants. Here are some simple hints to make your garden bloom with
health
1. The essentials must always be given major consideration.
Your flower garden must have an adequate supply of water, sunlight,
and fertile soil. Any lack of these basic necessities will greatly
affect the health of plants. Water the flower garden more frequently
during dry spells.
When planting bulbs, make sure they go at the correct depth. When
planting out shrubs and perennials, make sure that you don't heap
soil or mulch up around the stem. If you do, water will drain off
instead of sinking in, and the stem could develop rot through
overheating.
2. Mix and match perennials with annuals.
Perennial flower bulbs need not to be replanted since they grow and
bloom for several years while annuals grow and bloom for only one
season. Mixing a few perennials with annuals ensures that you will
always have blooms coming on.
3. Deadhead to encourage more blossoms.
Deadheading is simply snipping off the flower head after it wilts.
This will make the plant produce more flowers. Just make sure that
you don't discard the deadhead on the garden or mildew and other
plant disease will attack your plants.
4. Know the good from the bad bugs.
Most garden insects do more good than harm. Butterflies, beetles and
bees are known pollinators. They fertilize plants through
unintentional transfer of pollen from one plant to another. 80% of
flowering plants rely on insects for survival.
Sowbugs and dung beetles together with fungi, bacteria and other
microorganisms are necessary to help in the decomposition of dead
plant material, thus enriching the soil and making more nutrients
available to growing plants.
Other insects like lacewings and dragonflies are natural predators
of those insects that do the real damage, like aphis.
An occasional application of liquid fertilizer when plants are
flowering will keep them blooming for longer.
Always prune any dead or damaged branches. Fuchsias are particularly
prone to snapping when you brush against them. The broken branch can
be potted up to give you a new plant, so it won't be wasted.
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