Growing annual flowers is important as it is the real beauty of your landscape. Annuals are grown widley all over the world. Increasing value and awareness of horticulture is probably dependant upon annual flowers. There is a vide range of colours and varities of flowers. Annuls are the soul of your beautiful garden. A garden seems incomplete without annuals. Parks have a major portion of annauls grown over years.
Here I am going to present some important consideration/tips that would be equally applicable to all type of annuals grown in beds and every scale large or small.
Levelling of the bed
Levelling is the key factor in maintenance and development of a good flower bed. It is the most important consideration to ensure quality growth and uniform developments of plants. If the bed is not properly levelled it will result in in many problems like problems in uniform availability of irrigation water and fertilizers. Plant height, spread and vigor is greately affected. Cost of cultural practices e.g weeding and hoeing is also increased. overall look and display of bed may be destroyed. The flower bed will remain problamatic till the end of the relative season. So dont ever sow seeds or transplant seedlings untill you are assured that the bed is properly levelled. It is amazing that almost all types of annuals, biennials and perennial plants require proper levelling of the beds. Levelling should not be compromised at any cost if successful results are required.
Deadheading
Regular maintenance for annuals includes removing flowers before they go to seed. This process is called deadheading. By preventing seed formation, you can extend the bloom period on many annuals, such as pansies, marigold and petunias. Deadheading perennials is a different story. Deadheading does not prolong the bloom period for most perennials, but it can improve a garden’s appearance. There are a few early bloomers, such as Trollius, that may produce a second flush of flowers if spent flowers are removed. Some gardeners prefer to leave seed-heads standing for the birds. Others find the dried flower heads of ornamental grasses attractive. Plants such as dahlias produce larger flowers if disbudded. A stalk may have five or six buds. To disbud, snap off all but one or two on each stem.
Weeding
Organic Matter
Irrigation
