How to Start a Flower Garden?

Gardening is the most rewarding thing that you can do amidst the lockdown. If you don’t know how to start a flower garden, follow this easy step by step guide to see the rewards of your efforts with beautiful views, colorful blooms, and amazing fragrances.

#1. Consider what you want to plant in your garden?

So what do you want – a vegetable garden, an herb, or a flower garden. Each one of them has different maintenance requirements for proper growth. If you’re not sure about what you want, you can start with small until you know what you’re getting into.

#2. Pick the correct spot

Choosing the right spot for plants is necessary for their health and growth. Almost all vegetables and flowers need sunlight for 6-8 hours. Ensure to pick the area that receives full sunlight. Keep in mind to plant the vegetables and flowers according to the sunlight requirement. You need to be careful as some plants require shades, while others love sunlight. Check plant tags or ask the staff at your local garden center to help you understand out how much sun a plant needs.

#3. Clean the ground

Get rid of the sod in the area where you’re planning to plant. Use a spade to slice under the sod or you can smother the grass with a newspaper. Once done, a layer of compost pile to decompose. This procedure will make your garden ready to plant within 3-4 months.

#4. Improve the soil

The more fertile the soil, the better vegetables and flowers will grow. To improve the fertility of the soil add a 2- to 3-inch layer of compost, decayed leaves, dry grass clippings, or old manure to the soil when you dig or till a new bed. 

#5. Pick your plants

Once the soil is ready, head to the garden center and purchase the plants that you want in your garden. Here are a few easy-to-grow plants for beginners:

•  Annuals: Calendula, cosmos, geraniums, impatiens, marigolds,  sunflowers, and zinnias
•  Perennials: Black-eyed Susans, daylilies, lamb's ears, pansies, phlox,  purple coneflowers, and  Russian sage
• Vegetables: Cucumbers, lettuce, peppers, and tomatoes

#6. Start planting

Buy young plants called transplants, dig holes in your prepared bed based on plant instructions. Now remove plants from the containers and set them in the holes. Pat soil into place and then water the plants so that soil gets soaked.

#7. Water the garden

Watering your plants from timely is necessary to keep them hydrated and healthy. If you’re not sure that the soil needs water, feel the soil 3-4 inches below the surface and if it feels dry, water it. water slowly and deeply, so that water doesn’t runoff. Moreover, try to water your plants in the morning as the rate of evaporation is least at that time.

#8. Maintenance

Regular maintenance of your landscape is necessary to keep your yard luscious and green. If you don’t have time to maintain your green project, you can contact professionals for landscaping in Fort Worth. The experts can help you with various services, including mulching, thatching & aeration, tree & shrub pruning, and weeding.

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