horticultural interests as a home gardener, as an amateur hybridizer of Hippeastrum (amaryllis), and as a major horticultural exhibitor at the Philadelphia Flower Show.
It is commonplace to give flowers for many different occasions;
birthdays and anniversaries to funerals and get well soon. garden plants and house plants are very versatile in that respect and if you are ever worried
about what gift to give, a hand grown bunch of flowers from your own bedding plants will certainly do the trick. indoor plants are also a great
decorating idea. Arrange a colorful bunch of flowers in a decorative
vase and place it in a dull room, it will make an instance improvement
on the atmosphere in the room. Perfumed garden flowers such as lilies
and roses in a dull room can brighten it up and leave an aroma that is
hard to ignore.
There is a huge variety of perennial plants available, some bloom all year, others only for a season, so it is
important to know your flowers so you can have a blooming garden all
year round. There are two types of flower gardens; annual and
perennial. Annual flowers only live for a season. These flowers grow
from seed, bloom and die in a single season. They need to be replanted
each year in spring and they include petunias and marigolds. Generally
an annual flower can bloom from spring through to fall.
vegetable plants live for three or more seasons and when planted will normally not bloom
in the first year if grown from seed as they have not reached
maturity. The lifespan of vegetable plants can be approximately three
to five years and after this time may need to be replaced with a new
plant. Perennials, unlike annuals only bloom for a very short period;
anywhere from a week to three weeks once a year. Perennial flowers
include African lilies, columbines, English daisy, summer daisy and
daffodils.