How to Start a Perennial Garden

Summary: Starting a garden involves much more than just sticking a few plants in the ground. Think of it more in terms of running a business. Each of the plants must have their special skills and needs to best produce the look you are trying to achieve. Your job is to find the most effective positions and relationships in your garden office to make the company work most efficiently. One plant may mope unless it gets the office with the most sunlight. Another one may prefer shade and tries to steal all the water and attention from everyone else. Still another may only work well with its own office. Your job as a gardener is to determine the ideal business relationship among your workers. Once that has been accomplished, all the neighbors/investors will start to take notice.

Our gardening expert will explain how to set up your perfect perennial plant business. Learn which plants go together, how to position the plants for just the right amount of sun, and how to determine if your adjustment has been successful. Are the flowers, shrubs and grasses happy after all of the work you have put in to meet their needs? Once you have mastered the basic care and maintenance of your garden, then you can concentrate on working toward exactly the look you want. Martha Cycz discusses what plants you need to achieve your ideal color schemes. And as with all businesses, competitors, or in this case invasive plants, want a piece of the action. Learn how to keep them away and keep your garden business thriving.