Garden Flowers Design Ideas

We often want our garden to be filled with a variety of beautiful flowers that our heart desires. When we take care of our gardens it is more than a hobby it is a passion. We can grow gardens that are full of flowers, herbs, ornamental shrubs, trees of different types and lushly growing grass. The most common garden flowers that you will find growing in almost all backyards are roses.

You can always put your own variety of annual flowers like Alyssum, Baby's breath and snap dragons as well as impatiens with some perennials. You should know that flowers grow and bloom in different seasons and there even some that are very rare and you can only see them once a while because they take a while to grow and bloom on set dates which after they do die forever.

Garden parties are always a nice way to entertain your friends and family. You get to show of your priceless flowers that you have been keeping for such an occasion. There are even competitions in small town where they go garden to garden and rate the people with the best gardens.

When growing garden flowers it is important to note that maybe you will need a gazebo, a garden house and maybe a place to keep your garden tools. You will also need essentials such as a gazebo which can surround your garden or be placed in the middle of it so as you get to view your beautiful flowers blossoming. Another key item will be a garden shed or garden house, where you can keep your garden tools as well as manure for them. Be prepared to prune and remove the weeds which will be growing around your flowers all the time.

If you have a green thumb and are considering sprucing up the garden, have you decided what you are going to plant? Are you looking at a vegetable garden that will provide you fresh produce to eat or are you looking at a more decorative garden such as a flower garden? Garden flowers are bright and colorful and when in bloom throughout a garden, can make you feel positive and happy.

It is commonplace to give flowers for many different occasions; birthdays and anniversaries to funerals and get well soon. Garden flowers are very versatile in that respect and if you are ever worried about what gift to give, a hand grown bunch of flowers from your own garden will certainly do the trick. Garden flowers are also a great decorating idea. Arrange a colorful bunch of flowers in a decorative vase and place it in a dull room, it will make an instance improvement on the atmosphere in the room. Perfumed garden flowers such as lilies and roses in a dull room can brighten it up and leave an aroma that is hard to ignore.

There is a huge variety of garden flowers available, some bloom all year, others only for a season, so it is important to know your flowers so you can have a blooming garden all year round. There are two types of flower gardens; annual and perennial. Annual flowers only live for a season. These flowers grow from seed, bloom and die in a single season. They need to be replanted each year in spring and they include petunias and marigolds. Generally an annual flower can bloom from spring through to fall.

Perennials live for three or more seasons and when planted will normally not bloom in the first year if grown from seed as they have not reached maturity. The lifespan of a perennial flower can be approximately three to five years and after this time may need to be replaced with a new plant. Perennials, unlike annuals only bloom for a very short period; anywhere from a week to three weeks once a year. Perennial flowers include African lilies, columbines, English daisy, summer daisy and daffodils.

As you can see, some preparation is required to create a beautiful flower garden. You will need to do some research to learn which garden flowers are perennials and which are annuals so you can have an all year round flowering garden.