The act of planting, for a flower, is important for the blooming and lifespan of your plant.
How to plant a flower, here are the tips to succeed your flower planting.
Key points to remember
Exposure: Depends on the variety.
Usually one of the following:
- full shade
- part shade = part sun
- full sun
Required tools:
- a perennial flower
- a hand trowel
- a cultivator
- a spade
- a basin for water
- soil mix
Ideal season: Spring, beginning of summer, fall
How to plant a flower, step by step
Step 1: Select the flower’s location and exposure. The best kind of exposure depends on the flower: check what the label says.
Showcase your plant by considering adjacent colors and the height of neighboring plants. Your arrangement will look more elegant.
Step 2: Remove the plant from its pot and dunk the clump in a water basin or a pail filled with water.
Step 3: For the planting, dig a nice hole. Mix the garden soil you’ve dug out with soil mix.
Step 4: Thread the cultivator along the roots of the clump to disentangle them.
Step 5: Layer some of the amended soil you’ve prepared, position your perennial at the center of the hole, taking care to spread the roots well.
Step 6: Backfill carefully with the remaining soil, without damaging the leaves.
Press down lightly and water.
Here are our video tips on how to plant a flower:
Smart tip about planting flowers
When your flower starts growing too large, prepare cuttings for yourself and for your friends. It will actually grow back much nicer.
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I never knew that the planting process was so important for the blooming and lifespan of my plants. My daughter is wanting to start her own garden and I have been looking at tips on how to help her best. I believe we will have to contact a specialist landscaper to help us plant and maintain our garden.
Hi Faylinn! It’s very true that having help is useful. Even though gardening is easy to learn, it does require time. For people who don’t particularly want to get down on their knees, having a professional come and help is a great idea. They’re often very knowledgeable, too, which helps avoid mistakes.
This is some really good information about plant flowers. It is good to know that it would be smart to dig a nice hole to put the flowers in. That is good for me to know because I want to get really nice flowers around my home.
Hello Penelope! Yes, a “nice” hole really helps to focus on preparing the soil for the plant. It may seem out-of-place to call a hole in the ground “nice”, but when drainage and soil is well prepared for your flower, there’s no other word to express satisfaction at a job well done!