Garden Tips & Information
Annuals plants completes its life cycle from germination
to seed formation within a single year
Common Annuals Plants are:
Alyssum
Aster
Batchelor Buttons
Chrysanthemum
Coleus
Four o' clock
Geranium
Impatiens
Mallow
Marigold
Morning Glory
Pansy
Petunia
Pinks
Salvia
Snapdragon
Stocks
Sweet Pea
Verbena
Zinna
Biennials plants makes vegetative growth the first year after it
germinates and then blooms the second year.
Some popular biennials are:
Canterbury bells
English daisies
Foxgloves
English Wallflowers
Sweet William
Hollyhocks
Iceland Poppies
Usually when you have one of these plants started in your garden you will always
have some ready for the next season as they reseed and have new plants starting.
Bulbs
Plant Bulbs in fall for spring blooms. Bulbs can be planted starting in
late September until November. Plant bulbs to a depth of 2 to 3 times the
diameter of the bulb. Soil should be rather light and fertile and well
drained.
Some hardy bulbs are:
Allium
Daffodils
Crocus
Hyacinth
Snowdrops
Tulips
Hybrid lilies
Perennial plants grow on year after year. Perennial
plants are the backbone of the garden. Planting large areas of annuals and
biennials among the perennial plants means there will always be something in
bloom.
Lay out Perennial plants in full sun with good drainage. They look best in
front of hedges, fences and garden walls. Long and wide beds look best
with different patches of high and low growing plants mixed together in the
English Garden Way.
Home made Fertilizer
Fertilizer from your blender with just about everything including vegetable
peelings, fruit peelings, egg shells. Blend them up and pour around
plants.
Banana skins have a lot of potash in them bury them around your
plants especially roses
For extra potash add two to three tablespoon of wood ashes into a gallon of
water
Hair is rich in nitrogen dig in around plants
Grind up Chicken Bones they make bone meal faster then any other
bones.
Plants need three essential elements for plant growth
They are:
Nitrogen - It is needed for both the vegetative and reproductive stages
of growth. Plants that are lacking nitrogen are dwarfed and the leaves
turn form green to yellow to brown
Phosphorus - It aids root development and stimulated flower and seed
production. Plants that are lacking phosphorus are dwarfed. Foliage
is a dark dull green areas between veins on leaf sometimes turn purple.
Usually loss of lower foliage.
Potash - It is a general conditioner that helps hastens maturity and seed
production and aids in root development.. Plants that are lacking potash have
the look of mottled yellow and green foliage and sometimes it drops off.
Plants usually are stunted
Test your soil to make sure! Then amend as needed. Your soil test will let
you know the acidity, nitrates, phosphates, potassium and any thing else you
need to know.
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