Spring is here! It’s time to go outside and start planting flowers. Here’s an idea: Plant your own perennial garden. Once it’s planted, it will grow and bloom year after year. And, you can add new varieties each year and increase your enjoyment. Below is a perennial garden that is easy to grow and will look beautiful in your yard.
What Is A Perennial?
Gardening Tips: How To Create Your Own Perennial Garden
Perennials grow the first year, live over the winter, and bloom the following year. Some may bloom the first year if planted early. Most will bloom for several years in your garden, and some are very long-lived. Although perennial plants will last for many seasons, the time of each plant’s bloom may be only a few weeks. Using the garden plan below, you will be able to enjoy a beautiful rainbow of blooms throughout the season.
To Create This Beautiful Garden, Here’s What You Will Need:
One seed packet of each of the following perennials will be enough to create about a ten square foot garden.
Planting Your Perennial Garden
The first step in planting your perennial garden is to choose the location. You will need to decide how large you want your garden to be. One packet of each of the nine varieties is enough to plant a ten square foot area. You may need two packets of each, or you may only need to use half a packet of each–you decide, depending on the size garden you would like to have. Pick an area that is large enough for the garden size you would like, and make sure that it is sunny and that the soil drains well leaving no puddles after rains.
You will need to begin by preparing the soil. It is always a good idea to test your soil, it could be lacking in essential nutrients. Your soil can be tested easily using a soil test kit, such as the Ferry-Morse® Soil Test Kit, which can be purchased at your local Lowe’s store. Simply follow the instructions on the kit, and you will know within minutes if your soil needs a boost.
Dig the garden, loosening the soil down to about 12″ deep. Add fertilizer as needed, and rake it in.
It’s Time To Plant The Seeds!
Plant the seeds and cover them following the instructions on the back of each packet. After the seedlings have developed several pairs of leaves, thin the plants to the suggested plant spacing.
There’s not a lot of maintenance to your perennial garden. A weekly weeding and watering will help it thrive during each growing season, and you will have a beautiful garden year after year.
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