| After you have been growing a vegetable garden | | | | the entire season. |
| for a while you could just be feeling a bit | | | | Research the various types of perennials you |
| dissatisfied at how bare looking it appears. | | | | desire, and create a timeline of when they all |
| I also began our gardening interest with a | | | | flower. Plan it right and, you can have a different |
| vegetable garden. Before long I came to the | | | | perennial blooming at any point in the season. |
| conclusion that it wasn't quite as pleasing to look | | | | When you get just the right mixture of seeds |
| at as I thought it was. I heard from a friend that | | | | can give your yard a ever changing array of |
| the use of perennial flowers could be a great way | | | | colors and appearance. |
| to liven up my garden without adding any extra | | | | When you go to purchase the seeds from your |
| work for me. | | | | local nursery, try to get a custom seed mixture |
| Flowers that return every year without the need | | | | for your planting zone. Finding a mixture for your |
| for replanting are called perennials. | | | | zone takes the really tough research part out of |
| For us it began a few perennials and have found | | | | the job. |
| that perennial flowers are durable. During their off | | | | Usually these seed mixtures are put together for |
| seasons, the flowers and stems die back so that | | | | your local planting zone, and for that reason do a |
| you can hardly even tell the plant is there. | | | | great job of having flowers forever growing in |
| Before deciding whether to put in perennials or | | | | your yard. |
| not, make sure that your soil has good drainage. | | | | You should definitely use mulch when planting your |
| If the soil stays saturated for long periods of time | | | | perennials. This is going to cut down on the overall |
| you need to build a raised bed. | | | | amount of work you be required to do, by |
| How to test your soil for proper drainage, dig | | | | reducing the number of weeds while it increases |
| yourself a hole and pour it full of water. Give it a | | | | the amount of water retention. Bark. |
| full day, and then fill it with water again. All traces | | | | Note: When you actually go to plant your seeds, |
| of water should be gone within 10 hours. If the | | | | you can put them in small clumps according to the |
| hole isn't completely dry, you're going to have to | | | | instructions. This is because they tend to spread |
| build a raised bed. | | | | out, therefore if you plant them too close they |
| Making a decision about which perennials to pick | | | | are going to crowd each other and won't grow |
| can be a bit time consuming. Our goal was to | | | | well. |
| have your perennials flowering as much as | | | | It's always a good time to be thinking about |
| possible throughout the year. Create an outline for | | | | perennial flowers. |