Useful Tips for Growing Flowers in Your Garden

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

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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.