Gardening is an art which has to be learned and mastered for plant protection, sustenance, growth, and long life. Growing flowers in your garden require a certain level of specialization. You should know the soil quality, condition, fertility levels, water absorption and retention capacity, and the rate of water supplies to the saplings. You should know the acidity and salinity level of the soil for planting the right kind of flower sapling.

Jasmine Garden

What is so special about jasmine garden, which makes it attractive, beautiful, and aesthetically perfect? The aroma of a jasmine flower is also exquisite and exclusively unique. You can make a garland, bouquet, or any other design from jasmine. Sitting in the jasmine garden for a few minutes can clear all the blocks in your nasal cavity and refresh your bran’s nerves. You feel energized and motivated.

Water Supplies

Drip irrigation for jasmine could be an ideal choice if the water supplies are limited in your garden. You can layout a pipe of ¾” diameter along the flower bed, preferably at the tip. Drill a small hole of 0.5mm on the pipe and place it just above the watering path. You have to control the flow rate, such that a drop of water seeps through the stem per minute. The plant can absorb all the water without wasting it. Hence, growth will also be gradual and healthy. Pouring excess of water can result in waste and also decaying of plant parts due to excess of soaking.

Fertilizer

The processed mulch from other plant leaves can act as a natural fertilizer. It is recommended you use only natural fertilizers of other forms. Organic manure is readily available online or from your nearest horticultural store.

Temperature and Soil

Jasmine can grow well in a temperature range of 41⁰ F to 67⁰ F. It may not grow well during the winter season. So, you have to ensure the temperature remains within the recommended range. You use the greenhouse for growing jasmine during winter.  

The soil for Jasmine has to be fertile and capable of water retention for a few hours. Then it has to drain away. In many cases, you will not be able to know the exact water retention period. Hence, it is better to have a drip-irrigation system.

Sunlight

Jasmine needs sunlight and ventilation. Hence, it is mostly grown in the external gardens in your home. But harsh forms of heat may slow down the plant growth or kill it due to dehydration. Hence, the recommended method is to create a greenhouse effect around the jasmine plantation bed or zone. It can control the temperature and remove excess humidity factors… It can also prevent the plant from getting directly exposed to cold climatic conditions.

Gardening Other Flowers

The greatest benefit of the jasmine plant is that it doesn’t interfere with the other saplings you plant in your garden. Flowers like rose, marigold, sunflower, and others can grow within its vicinity without getting affected by the jasmine plant.

The first step is to make flowerbeds in your garden for the multiple flower species you wish to gown in your jasmine garden. A wider bed allows the roots to expand and grow deeper. The distance between two plants should be a minimum of three to four feet if the plants can grow into a small size tree. You don’t need to worry about the roots, as they have a natural way of avoiding each other. It is only the branches which may tangle and prevent each others’ growth.  

Jasmine Garden

Rose, marigold, hollyhock, carnation, viola, lobelia, and cosmos are some of the most commonly grown flowers with jasmine flowers.

Jasmine Bed Size

An average jasmine plant grows to a height of ten feet. The average size of every leaf is 2.5”. The average jasmine plant can spread to a width of two feet to three feet. Hence, you have to ensure so much space for each plant in the bed. The number of plants in each bed determines the dimension of the bed.

Rose Bed Size

Rose can grow to a size of six feet at an average. The different types of rose may have variable heights. The average bed size of a rose plant could be between 16 feet and 20 feet in length if the number of plants is five. The average width will be between 3 feet and five feet. You have to consider the space between two rose plants for their free growth.

Marigold Bed Size

The space required for each marigold plant is 40cmX40xcm within the bed. The distance between each plant should not be less than four inches. You may plant the marigold in rows and columns within the bed. So, you can calculate the net dimension required based on the number of plants. Make sure that the space from the bed edge and the last plant is also being four inches.

Similarly, you can calculate the bed sizes for other plants, based on the input given by the gardener near your home.

Soil ph

Though it is not possible to change the soil condition of a large garden, you can certainly do it for the small soil bed. You can replace the topsoil to a depth of six feet for the length and breadth, based on the soil type required by the specific flowering plant.  You have to test the soil ph condition regularly. If there is a variation, you have to restore the original condition. You can get the advice from the horticulture specialist near your home.

Watering Methods

Every flowering plant may have a specific type of watering requirement. But all the flowering plants grow well with drip irrigation. It is a simple method by which only one drop of water is supplied to the bottom of the plant stem near the ground soil. You can change the frequency according to the flowering plant species.

Fertilizing Method

Mulch from the leaves and branches of trees in your garden is stated to be the natural and healthy fertilizer.

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You have to consider the basic parameters like soil type, fertility, supported types of flowers, flowering season, plant size, watering needs, shading and sunlight needs, planting method, and fertilizing for the plants.  Then you can learn about soil preparation, plantation, and maintenance procedures. You should also know about the maintenance methods for disease prevention and healing. Now, you can start with your quest for growing flowers in your garden.

Introduction

Soil Testing

The flowering plants will have an affinity to a specific type of soil. Some of the flowers may grow on all types of soils. The first requirement is that you prepare the soil for the flowering plant.

The ph testing method at home without a kit can help determine the value accurately. It is to ensure lower alkaline content in the soil for better growth of flowering plants. You need one cup of vinegar and half a cup of baking soda. Add the soil to half a bucket of water and pour the vinegar into it. If you see bubbles, it means the soil is alkaline. If it bubbles with soda, the soil is acidic.  

Acidic Soil

In the acidic soil, you can grow some of the flowering plants, which grow and blossom without any problems. Some of them are

• Daffodils
• Heathers
• Azaleas
• Camellias
• Japanese Pieris  
• Magnolia
• Marigold, etc

Alkaline Soil

Alkaline soil is stated to be better for the flowering plants, because most of the gardening plants from rose, to jasmine, prefer the soil. Some of the other species are

• Lenten rose
• Salvias
• Flowering Vines
• Kiwi
• Boston Ivy
• Lavender
• Easter lilies
• Daylilies  etc

Neutral Soil

Neutral soil is not acidic and not alkaline. You can grow many types of flowering plants on these soils. Some of them are

• Red Rose
• Jasmine
• Firecracker flower etc.

Soil Preparation

The process of soil preparation starts with digging. Yes, you have to do it for taking the fertile part of the soil to the top layer. It is a slow process, which may take many hours or days, depending on the size of your garden.

• Mark specific layout
• Prepare plant beds
• Use a spade to till the soil
• Remove stones and rocks by hand

You can also find many types of soil tilling hand tools. The next stage is the soil fertilization. You may use the organic mulch from the other plants and trees in your garden. Or you may choose off-the-shelf natural fertilizers. Follow the gardener manual for the ratio of mixing.

Sapling Planting  

Prepare the individual space within the plant beds and install the sapling. You may have to dig into the subsoil. The hole should cover the sapling from the roots to the base of the stump. Then you can place the sapling and close the hole with the dugout soil.

Plant Maintenance

The next step is to prepare the water lines. You can add the fertilizer or manure to the inlet water whenever required. Keep the plants free from weeds.