Spting Flower Gardening
By Linda Jenkinson, Tue Jan 10th

Spring is the time when nature and your garden awakes and comesalive after the long winter. That first spring flower or thatfirst green leave is the sign that winter in coming to an endand that a new growing season has arrived.

Spring and Flower is almost synonymous. Spring is thetime to interplant perennials, shrubs, roses and plant ortransplant your annuals.

It's time to shape up your soil, loosen the mulch around yourplants and prune your early blooming shrubs. Rake and removeleaves and debris from your garden. Without a good plantingmedium your flower garden will never be at its best.

Perennials will save you a lot of work in your flower garden. Sokeep perennials high on your list. These hardworking beautieseliminate yearly replanting and will still give you that springand summer color that you are longing for. It's best to choosevarieties that don't need a lot of staking or frequent division.Notorious sun lovers are daylilies, sedium, and speedwell.Plants like hosta, fern,

sweet woodruff and columbine feel moreat easy in the shadow.

Flower Bulbs add a splash of color to your spring garden."Sprinkle" some crocuses, daffodils, and of course tulipsbetween your flower beds. Flower bulbs are almost essential in aspring flower garden. If you haven't planted them last springmake sure you do so coming fall.

An important part of spring is getting on top of theweeds. Most weeds are fairly easy to control when you starttaking them out from early spring on. At that time they stillhave a shallow root system and because they haven't bloomed yetthey haven't reproduced either. Taking care of them in springwill pay off big in summer.

Spring, its really the growing season, and for a gardener itsperhaps the most beautiful and promising time of the year.

About the author:Linda is the leading author of http://www.gardening-guides.com/ and http://www.lanwmower-guide.com/