Update Your Front or BackYard With A Dynamic Flower Garden

Section of a front yard flower garden

Ask a child to draw a garden, and they'll draw some flowers. Give a gardener a front stoop, and what will likely appear is a flowerpot. For many, flowers are the definition of a garden.

"Flower gardening can become a passion; it can also be overwhelming" A local florist who has been in the business for over twenty years says.

"There are millions of plants to choose from and even more ways to combine them." 

A flower garden enhances your outdoor surroundings. It can also provide you with cut flowers and attract pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, to your garden.

Our Customer Sales Representative in Lawn and Garden says, "No matter what your level of experience, you can have blooming beauty in your life. However, for your flowers to do best, it helps to understand a few basics about how flowers work and what they need." 

• Good soil -- not too sandy, not too sticky, with enough organic matter to make it drain well and be inviting to plant roots -- is essential for successful flower gardening, but most of us don't have the patience for that.
• Buy the plants or seeds then plant according to their directions. Smaller plants go in the front of the bed. Most plants are planted at the same depth they were growing. Firm the soil around them. Remember when placing plants that they will grow, so start with extra space and read the labels carefully to see how much space to leave them.
• Water thoroughly -- like a good waiter, a good gardener will check whether water is required before watering. How much you water will depend upon the needs of your plants, the weather and exposure, and how much rain your yard gets.

Start small. Enthusiasm for gardening is great, remember you do not need a green thumb to grow a beautiful, healthy and eco-friendly flowerbed. Our advice is to start with a small flower bed, say 25 square feet, which is room for around 20 to 30 plants with perhaps three types of annuals and one or two perennials. You can always increase your plantings as your experience grows.

Variety of Flower seeds

If even a 25 square foot plot seems like too much, make a small border or do your first flower gardening in a container. Two or three plants sharing a fancy container can look stunning and give you a sample of what's to come.

Shopping for seeds at Rayneau you will discover an eclectic variety of flowers and because they bloom at different times this will keep your flower garden a blooming beauty year round.

If you do not have many flowers in bloom by early March or later July, drive around your area and see what is blooming. Go out and buy a few of these and plant them. After doing this a couple of times, you will have flowers almost all year round.

Stan Evans of CIE Ltd could not have put it better when on our Facebook page he said, “Guys, quit giving flower shops your money and invest in some lovely flower seeds. Create your own garden, make your own bouquet. Be creative. You will be the envy of all your neighbors. Come get your seeds at —  Rayneau Construction & Industrial Products "