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Spring Forward - Planning a Garden

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Real Estate Agent with Midwest Premier Realty, Gurnee IL 224-321-0699

Rock gardens, rose gardens, herb gardens, vegetable gardens... all are beautiful and appealing in their own right, but how do you know which type of garden is right for you and your home? The right combination of beauty, care, and functionality is what you want to look at when planning a garden.

Perennial Gardens are made of plants that live longer than two years. Perennials bloom in spring and summer and die again in fall and winter. Perennials are easy to grow and a great investment since they come back year after year. Lower maintenance perennials like day lilies, coneflowers, and hostas are great plants for beginning perennial gardeners. Over time you can move to higher maintenance (but longer lasting) perennials, like peonies and roses.

Annual Gardens. They offer bold color for your garden for long periods of time since they bloom year round. Many annuals reach heights of up to two feet. Annuals are usually mixed within other types of gardens inside complex landscape plans. Clumps of annuals look better than rows or lines. When planting, try and keep the taller plants to the back and the shorter ones in front. Try planting a clump of one color of annuals beside a clump of annuals in another color, for a nice contrast. Be sure to learn about how to keep your annual garden healthy and safe from animals, pests, and diseases.

Bulb Gardens. These do require some regular maintenance, but come spring they'll reward your hard work with beautiful bursts of colorful flowers. If you're new to bulb gardening, try the hyacinth, a hardy flower that is easy to grow and will perfume your garden with just a few bulbs. Tulips, perhaps the most popular variety of bulb flowers, bear their cup-shaped flowers in nearly every color of the rainbow, except true blue.

Herb and Vegetable Gardens.
 What could be better than having fresh herbs and vegetables from your very own garden? Plant this type of garden in a well-lit area, as most herbs and vegetables need plenty of sunlight for the maximum amount of flavor. If you can, use a square-bed system with a neat network of paths between plantings. This will keep you from compacting the soil or trampling a fragile herb plant on your way to gather some sprigs of parsley before dinner.

Don't forget to turn your clocks forward one hour tonight - Spring Forward!

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