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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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