Whether you choose to go small and understated by just planting a border garden or two with flowers, or go large and showy by taking up half of your yard in flower gardens, that is up to you. Either way, the blooming plants, and buds will make the curb appeal of your home go up immensely.
When visitors come to your home, treat their eyes to the feast of what your imagination combined with the buds and flowers can concoct! Each kind of flower brings its unique look to the garden mix. Try to imagine your flowers as brush strokes in an Impressionist painting. Allow the different heights and colors of each flower and their buds to compose a picture.
When planting your flower gardens, try to think spatially as well as to think ahead. It may seem that when you first plant your flowers that there is too much room around them in your …