| When planting garden plants there are many things to | | | | food for your plants and they have certain |
| consider in order to end up with lush thriving plants | | | | requirements particularly for nitrogen and phosphorus |
| and a great looking garden. The color of the flowers, | | | | and some soils simply do not provide enough so you |
| the bloom time and the overall garden design are all a | | | | need to give them added fertilizer. |
| big part of this but, perhaps, the most important | | | | Fertilization should not be difficult and you can get |
| thing to consider is the amount of sun the plant | | | | the proper fertilizer at your local garden center. A |
| needs. | | | | good liquid fertilizer should work fine and just follow |
| When you are choosing your plants, you'll notice that | | | | the directions for the size of pot or type of plant. |
| the type of lighting is marked clearly either in the | | | | If you have a very large garden you may want to |
| catalog or in a tag on the plant itself if you are | | | | consider buying manure from a local farm or |
| shopping locally. These tags will indicate either partial | | | | purchasing it at your garden center which you can |
| shade, full shade or full sun. If you want your plants | | | | usually find in bags of 50 pounds or less. Just spread |
| to look their best, you really need to plant them in a | | | | it out directly on the soil or mix it in if you haven't |
| spot that gets the right amount of sun. If your plant | | | | yet planted. |
| needs full sun this means that you need to plant it in | | | | Most plants like to be watered every day particularly |
| a garden spot that gets at least six hours of direct | | | | in the heat of summer but as the weather gets a |
| sunlight during the day. That means sun that is not | | | | little cooler you can go with every other day. Make |
| filtered by any type of shading like a canopy of tree | | | | sure the soil is moist but with no standing water. Of |
| leaves or other plants. If it needs partial shade then | | | | course there are many types of plants that don't |
| the sun can be filtered and plants that require shade | | | | need a lot of water such as cacti and other |
| can be planted in shady areas where they will do well | | | | succulents. These plants store water inside the stems |
| but don't try to plant them in the full sun as they will | | | | and have few leaves so water loss is minimal. Other |
| die off. | | | | popular garden plants like pansies and irises lose |
| Sometimes the tags will say something like - full sun | | | | moisture through their many leaves and flowers so |
| to partial shade - and such is the case with the | | | | need to get their moisture through soil every day. |
| Foxglove. If you plan it in a partially shady area it will | | | | Yarrow, Verbena and Aloe do not need so much |
| do well but since it prefers full sun it will do better | | | | water and there are other types of vine like plants |
| the more sunny the area is. If you give it a spot with | | | | such as Bougainvillea and Wisteria that will not need |
| enough water and where the soil is warm enough | | | | excessive watering either. |
| this beautiful plant will yield flowers the whole | | | | Planting your garden plants in the right area and |
| summer long. | | | | providing them with the right food and water |
| In addition to planting them in the proper place, your | | | | throughout the growing season will help yield a lush |
| garden plants need plenty of food and water. | | | | vibrant garden that you can be proud of and have |
| Particularly when gardening in full sun, the moisture | | | | fun puttering around in! |
| levels in your soil are very important. Fertilization is | | | | |