Planting Annuals
With the unseasonably warm temperatures this winter and spring for most of the country, your perennials may already be beginning to bloom. It's just been marvelous seeing spring color as early as March this year! Traditionally, by Mother's Day has been designated a "safe" time to plant annuals and new perennials. Ordinarily the threat of freezing overnight temperatures has faded by the second Sunday in May. However, many of you may have already visited your local organery store and started buying plants since the temperatures have been so mild for the most part with a few exceptions and late snow storms and freezing weather.
At the organery store, annuals make a great first impression since they are Ordinarily in full bloom and bursting with life. Annuals are plants that perfect their life cycle in one season and there are advantages and disadvantages to using annuals in the landscape.
Here are two of the more common annuals:
Marigolds
These annuals bloom during the summer and continue into the fall. They grow well in the hot sun, and as long as the soil remains well-draining, these are very easy to take care of. Marigolds come in a variety of separate colors and can grow in the middle of one and four feet tall. If grown as a common annual, marigolds are hardy in all Udsa zones.
Petunias
These annuals bloom from the spring straight through late summer and grown in full sun to partial shade. They grow in approximately any type of soil and can tolerate a moderate drought. Petunias reach in the middle of eight to ten inches high. They are susceptible to bugs, so you may need to use insecticides. These flowers are hardy in all Udsa zones.
The biggest advantage is that they furnish lots of color all season long. They can be used in the ground in flower beds as well as in containers and hanging baskets. Other advantages comprise the fact that you don't have to spend a lot of time designing the flower garden; if you don't like it, you can convert next season. It's also fairly easy to originate a colorful flower bed that has lots of impact.
The disadvantages are the time, endeavor and cost complex in planting them every year. Some feel that the maintenance that annuals need is a disadvantage, but it truly is rather minimal for the amount of impact they provide.
If you do decide to plant annuals, don't plant them in the organery until the ground dries. Working in wet soil compacts the air spaces out of the soil and will cause root increase problems all summer. You end up with "dirt clods" rather than good soil. If there is a night when temperatures are incredible to drop, naturally cover your plants with a tarp or blanket.
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