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When you think of gardening, flowers are the first thing that pops into your mind. Flowers and gardens being practically synonymous with each other. And the dedicated gardener that you are, you'll certainly be doing your own flower gardening this year.
Flower gardening is not limited to summertime. If you plan carefully and plant ahead of time, your garden can be filled with an abundance of flowers throughout the year.
If we start by seasons, then for spring flowers, the best thing you could do would be to plant bulbs. Any nursery will have them. If you're more inclined towards the exotic, and rarer flowering bulbs, there's a good chance you can have them specially ordered.
Favorites among bulb lovers are the early springtime Crocuses, and cheerful Snowdrops. Tulips though, are by and away the most famous of bulbs enjoyed by flower gardeners, and are available in a variety of shades, including a black-colored one, which is really more of a deep maroon and one of those rare flowers I was writing about earlier.
Remember that all spring flowering bulbs should be planted in mid autumn, so they can settle into the ground before the first frost.. Come any closer to winter and you're in danger of losing your bulbs altogether.
Moving through to summer, we find that perennials are a firm favorite for flower gardening as the different varieties can be planted to yield blooms almost continuously throughout the season, and sometimes beyond. With a little luck and care, you'll also find that most of your perennials will last through to next year, and the year after that, and, well you get the picture right? In the cooler climes, perennial beds must be mulched to survive the winter. After the holidays, place the branches of your Christmas Tree on the garden. It's a perfect mulch. You'll also find that as the years and the seasons wear on, your perennials will become fuller, and generally will become more abundant than the first year you planted them.
