If you have an idea for a flowerbed but have no idea how many plants you’ll need to fill your garden space there is a general rule of thumb for calculating the number of plants you’ll need to buy. For annuals, the rule is about 2 or 2.5 annual plants per square foot of garden [...]
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Formal vs Informal Flowerbed Design
There are seemingly limitless options for flower garden designs because of the vast variety of plant material and all the various plant combinations that could be derived from such an extensive pallet, let alone the variation in the layout of your property. Sometimes this amount of variety can be a little intimidating to flower gardeners [...]
True Blue: A Hard Color to Find in Flowers
Flowers come in a wide array of colors, but a true, or pure, blue color is harder to find. The reason for this has to do with genetic selection through the years: plants naturally select for yellow and red flowers but not blue. Yellow flowers tend to attract insects like bees. Flowers, therefore naturally select [...]
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