Flower Beds in your Garden

In my practice, beds fall under contained gardens. They can be a planting in the ground , a raised bed or a jumbo planter. If it’s in a bounded area, it’s a container and we can practice the same principles I use for any of my designs.

Fast Tips for a Flower Bed

1. Choose an area that gets the amount of sun that matches the types of flowers you prefer.
2. Remember the sun shifts through the year – Pay Attention!
3. Use quality soil that your local garden store recommends. If it is a small bed, use potting soil. If your bed is large, it will be costly to use potting soil. You can use garden soil for the base and add  4-6 inches of potting soil on top.
4. Follow the same planting techniques I recommend for your pots.
5. Plan how you will water your bed. If using drip irrigation, a landscape line will not provide the correct amount of water. You might be able to cheat off a grass line or put in a dedicated line for the bed. We have worked with the schedule of a pot line.
6. Plan for critters! If you know they exist in your neighborhood, practice one (or all!) of these techniques:
   1.  Fence in the garden
   2. Use critter resistant plants
   3. Get a dog

Here is the same bed in the summer.

Now filled with yellow daisies and burgundy Celosia,

it dares the summer heat to interrupts its blooms.