Gardening Diversity in Your Memorial Gardens
Memorial Gardens: Making Your Hope Patch an Example of Outdoor Gardening Diversity
Hope Patch outdoor memorial gardens can easily follow Nature’s law of Diversity. There are countless species and varieties of plant life.
Planning outdoor flower memorial gardens can easily be planned, designed and cultivated to display many types of beautiful flowers. Let's review a few different types that can be mixed and matched to form a beautiful garden.
STRONG>Perennials are favored by many gardeners, not only for their ability to bloom for several seasons, but for the wide variety of colors, shapes and sizes they come in as well.
Perennials can be left in the ground to bloom for several seasons; making gardening less costly and be easier to maintain.
Different perennials bloom in different seasons. Examples of early spring perennials include: irises, crocus, hyacinth, daffodils and tulips. Late spring perennials include false indigo, columbine, candytuft, leopard’s bane, bellflower, peonies and oriental poppies that provide some gorgeous blooms in the late spring, and they often last into the summer months as well.
Perennials that have mid to late summer blooms are mountain bluet, yarrow, snow-in-summer, garden lilies, violet sage and stonecrop which are excellent replacements for the faded spring and early summer flowers.
Perennials in late summer and fall seasons include aster, boltonia, blue leadwort, mums, purple coneflower and plantain lily, as well as black eyed susans and goldenrod.
As you can see by the above list, it is possible to use a combination of perennials to provide striking color and contrast throughout the entire growing season. This approach gives you excellent memorial gardens to remember your loved ones. There is no wonder that perennials remain so popular with all kinds of gardeners.
Annuals are single-growing season flowers that are planted only once and typically die at the end of the growing season. Annuals can be started from seed or from a small plants purchased in cells, flats or individual pots from nurseries and gardening stores. Some annuals will mimic perennials by dropping a large number of seeds during autumn that can grow in the next year. Some of these annuals are snapdragons, petunias and amaranth.
Annuals are classified by the hardiness of the plant and its ability to weather temperature extremes. Pansies are an example of hardy annuals. Half-hardy annuals like dianthus, generally start their decline in the heat of the summer, but they can bloom again the autumn. Zinnias, impatiens and vincas are tender annuals that do not tolerate frost well. Daisies and sunflowers thrive in hot, dry climates.
Bulb Plants are a type of perennial that can yield large and colorful blossoms. For example, consider dahlias.
Dahlias have sturdy, large blooms in a variety of colors and sizes, ranging from as small as an inch to as large as a foot.
The blossoms themselves come in a variety of shapes -- round like baseballs, while others curve back on themselves to nearly touch their stems. Gladiolus flower in the summer and can range in height from three feet to six feet. Their variety of colors make them great for any garden.
Daylilies are favorites of many gardeners with their arching and sword shaped leaves. Hybrids can grow up to six feet tall, blooming in spring and summer months. Daylily flowers range in size from three to eight inches, and they are available in a wide variety of colors.
A daylily gets its name from the fact that each of its flowers lasts only a single day, but its buds open on successive days, and this enhances the beauty of the plant
Flowering shrubs like rose bushes add a touch of beauty, class and gardening diversity to every Hope Patch Garden memorial gardens.
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