Colorful Spring Gardens:

In the sng, while trees and shrubs still showing their pale en new growth, the ey border generally consists of colorful bulbs and a few ey blooming pels against a backdrop of en foliage and brown earth. Sng bulbs perhaps the most important fer in the ey sng garden. Sng bulbs, a welcome sight after a long winter, offer the eiest blooms of all garden fers. Some bulbs will last until the ey pels begin to bloom in May and June.

There also some ey blooming shrubs which can provide the garden with colorful fers. Forsythia and witch-hazel, example, bloom long bee many pels even begin to emerge from the soil. In fact, in the middle of sng and ey summer there more shrubs and trees in bloom than at any other time of year.

Most ey blooming pels quite suitable the shade garden. They're able to take advantage of the sun while it still reaches the ground beneath deciduous trees which have yet to m their leaves. Woodd gardens often the most colorful dscapes in the sng since many native, shade tolerant fers bloom ey in the season.

A at ey blooming pel the garden is iris which ranges in color from white to purple and in size from a few inches to 4 feet. Bleeding heart is a short lived yet stung pink blooming pel which is at home in both the shade garden the woodd garden. Columbine, an easy to grow pel, blooms in a variety of colors. Some of the showiest ey season fers include poppy and peony and lupine.

Though there many ey blooming garden pts, en is still the dominant color in the sng dscape so choose a few pts with interesting foliage. Hosta grows in many shades of en including blue-en and gold-en. Hosta ms the perfect backdrop sng fers. Everens provide the garden with beautiful shades of en year-round. Variegated foliage, like that of the emerald and gold euonymus, brightens up the garden with a mix of light and dark colors.

Sng bulbs, such as tulips, daffodils, blue bells and crocuses, pted in the fall and blooms as ey as March. Bulbs a very versatile fer as they're suitable the pel garden, the shrub bed or even pting in the lawn. They're most effective when pted in masses so pt quite a few in each a.

Ey blooming pels generally short lived and often quickly lose their lush en foliage (poppies & lupine in particular). P your fer garden so that annuals and later season pels ready to take over and provide the garden with colorful blooms. Be sure to deadhead the pels as the fers fade. Deadheading is the process of snipping spent blooms off a pt.

Designing your garden on paper bee digging gives you a helpful guide while you pt. Though ey fers welcoming sure signs of sng, be sure to incorporate all kind of fers in the garden so there's continuous bloom from sng to fall.