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The Garden Of Your Choice

Picking a few plants you like from your local nursery and undertaking serious garden design are two very different things. A serious green thumb will soak up loads of gardening info and then embark upon an incredible task of redefining his or her personal space. Perennial flower gardening for all seasons involves much forethought. You’ve got to know what plants do well in sun and shade, when each variety will bloom, which plants will be tall and which ones will be short, and what plants work best next to each other.

Naturally, choosing the right plants is a particularly important facet of garden design. One strategy you might use is to choose a theme for your garden. At www.gardenplans.com/beds.html, you can buy garden blueprints and get expert gardening advice for different themes, such as Container Gardening plans, Wildlife Gardens, Getaway Gardens (sun or shade), Island Gardens, Corner Gardens, Food and Flower Gardens, Herb Gardens, Border Gardens, Moonlight Gardens, Late Summer Gardens, Two Story Deck Gardens and more. For just .95, you’ll get a full-color garden-scape painting, an overhead plan view, a blueprint planting plan, gardening tips for perennial flowers, a detailed plant list with cold/heat tolerance, a shopping list to bring to the nursery and a two page article on “How to Prepare Great Garden Beds.”

When you’re planning your garden design, be sure you choose plants that play well in the sandbox with one another. You don’t want to put something like ivy in a place where it will consume and cover all your other selections. Be aware of flowers like impatiens, which like to spread out, so plant them far enough apart so they have room to grow. Be mindful to put plants that grow tall in the back and shorter plants in the front, with medium-sized arrangements in the middle to create cohesion. Color and texture are a very personal matter, so you’ll need to look around at different pictures to see what appeals most to you. Before you plan, sketch out an aerial diagram. Leave space for mowing, watering and maintenance.

Tania Hurtis caters both big and small clientele who needs a new look of their homes. Home improvement is her forte and she is really good at it. So, if you think you need a home revamp, check her website and call on her now, or simply get her recommendations on her tools of choice such as measuring tape, drills and so on.