Flower Garden Ideas.

When planning a flower garden which will stay beautiful year after year, it is essential to include perennial flowers. Here is a useful list of things to do and consider, to get the very best from your flower garden.

Flower Garden Ideas 1:
Plant some spring flowering perennials where they will be seen from the window, after the long winter.

Flower Garden Ideas 2:
Spring flowers like to be in a sheltered position, out of the wind and cold. Plant them under shrubs, where they'll not only be protected, but look wonderful too.

Flower Garden Ideas 3:
Find out the plant zone for the area you live in. Perennial plants which flourish in Florida, will probably not survive in New York.

Flower Garden Ideas 4:
Decide on what type of garden you want, before you start. This will ensure that you buy exactly the right perennial plants, and avoid expensive mistakes.

Flower Garden Ideas 5:
For the best results, group plants together in threes and fives. That said, self set plants in the flower bed always look as if they're in the right place, just on their own.

Flower Garden Ideas 6:
Although perennial plants return year after year, some will need more maintenance than others. Try to choose your plants for their beauty, not just the hardiness.

Flower Garden Ideas 7:
Always make sure that the highest plants and behind the lowest perennials, to ensure they all get good light. You will also save on pruning this way, as you won't have plants outgrowing their neighbours.

Flower Garden Ideas 8:
It is important to plant perennials which require lots of water together. That way, you will only have to water a small area, rather than the whole garden.

Flower Garden Ideas 9:
Colour combinations like blue, white and yellow, or pink and white, look very good for spring colour in cottage type gardens. Combining early flowering perennials with spring bulbs and evergreens, will still look good long after the bulbs and flowers have faded.

Flower Garden Ideas 10:
Add some summer perennial flowers, such as Geraniums, Paeonies and Astrantia and your garden will continue to look fantastic for the rest of the year.

For more inspirational perennial flower garden ideas, take a look at Perennial Flower Garden Ideas from Angelica gigas and Florrie bunda, who are both gardening experts and have written a number of gardening articles.