Important Kinds of Garden Plants
Gardening is performed by people of all ages in all parts of the world. For some people, gardening is considered an enjoyable hobby or recreation, but to others it is their occupation. They grow vegetables to feed their families, as well as help to feed the rest of the world.
Gardening helps to make a person appreciate beauty. Like all living things, plants need the proper amounts of food, water and sunshine in order to flourish. When the proper elements are not provided to plants, they will not grow in a healthy manner. When a gardener fails to provide enough water during a very dry spell, then the garden will not survive. Plants are living things that deserve the best of care by the gardener in order to grow into healthy, beautiful plants.
There are many kinds of plants, but the ones important in gardening fall into four primary classes, which are: trees, shrubs, flowers and vegetables.
Trees: Evergreens are used most of the time near and around homes. They are often used as a border or screen and are beautiful during winter and summer months. Deciduous trees are trees that drop their leaves during the winter and are often used in landscaping yard areas. They grow tall and are wide spread which gives a great deal of shade. There are flowering deciduous trees, like the magnolias and dogwood that add beauty to their surroundings. Orchard fruit trees give both food and beautiful spring blossoms. There are also nut trees, like the pecan tree, that provides shade and food. Have you ever tasted a delicious pecan pie?
Shrubs: Evergreen shrubs are used as borders and the most popular are: arborvitae, junipers and cedars. Many have cones or berries and their color is always green year round. The broad leaf evergreen shrub, like the azalea, is very popular planted in groups in shady areas of the flower garden. The deciduous shrubs are also popular because of their beautiful flowers. They often bear berries, which attracts the birds and the blooms are colorful during the winter months. Lilac and hawthorn shrubs are the most common.
Flowers: There are three important kinds of flowers in your flower garden.
- Perennials: These plants live from year to year. They may look like they did not make it through the winter and frost killed them, but when spring comes they will return to life. Favorites are: Bleeding Heart, Delphinium and Hardy Chrysanthemum.
- Biennials: These plants live for two seasons before they die off. When they are planted in the early spring, many of them will bloom the first summer continue to live during the winter and then bloom again the second summer. Favorites are: Sweet William, Forget-me-nots and Hollyhocks.
- Annuals: These plants come to full maturity the first season and then die. You will need to plant the seeds for annuals every spring, keep them watered well and they will bloom through the summer and fall before dying. Favorites are: Petunias, Marigolds and Zinnias.
Vegetables: There are annual and perennial vegetables. Annual vegetables have roots like beets and carrots. Some hardy annual vegetables can be planted in early spring, but others that are considered tender plants would need to be planted when the ground is warm. Some perennial vegetable plants are asparagus and rhubarb. These plants stay in the ground and produce food year after year.
In order to have a successful garden, you will need to take extra special care by checking the soil and locating the best spot for planting so that there will be enough direct sunlight (unless the plants need shady areas) and moist ground. Planting in an area where the ground is moist but well drained is the best place. It takes patience and experience to grow a garden, but in time you will become a successful gardener enjoying nature and watching your garden grow.
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September 21st, 2004 at 1:51 am
Funny you say that. Just the other day, I thought I heard something behind me when I was in the garden, then when I turned around, one of the strawberry plants was kind of swaying back and forth, like if something had brushed by it… then I ran into the house and locked all the doors and windows when I heard this: “If you build it, they will come.” I don’t want to go back out there anymore.
September 21st, 2004 at 1:57 am
LOL Yep, when they start sending out runners, at first you’ll be like “Oh how cute”. Then after they send more, you’re like “I should root these and have more plants”. After a few years, you’re buried up to your nipples in strawberry plants and it gets to be more like a strawberry horror movie and the Beattles song “Strawberry fields forever” starts playing in your brain and you’re wondering if you can make it to the car before they catch up with you and send runners into your ears!!! LOL
September 21st, 2004 at 1:30 am
Could well be a species of Black sawfly larvae..'.Pyrethrum 'should do the job…soap and garlic spray otherwise I guess.
September 21st, 2004 at 2:03 am
Here's some advice my grandfather told me when I was 10 years old. It's really all you need to know:
He said, "The most over rated thing in the world is sexual intercourse and the most under rated thing in the world is a good dump. When you're my age, you'll know what I'm talking about."
Well, now that I'm 76 years old, I finally understand (and agree) with what he said.
September 21st, 2004 at 7:05 am
This is often referred to as Cafeteria Christianity.
Good luck getting a straight(teehee) answer with this.
September 21st, 2004 at 11:55 am
It's a rather vivid description, keep up the good work
But please pay attention to the number of times you use the same words. In literature there's a "rule" not to use the same word twice within a page.
Also, the sequence of tenses. . .it's something many people (including myself) struggle with. If you start speaking in the past tense, stick to it!
Please observe my suggestions. Admittedly, I may have misinterpreted some of the things you wanted to say but I hope that some of it will be of help. (Unfortunately, I can't make any portions of the text bold but I did put comments in brackets.)
Description:
When I was young I used to spend most of my time at my grandparents’ house. Their house has brought me lots of wonderful memories and therefore has become very important to me. (sequence of tenses – if you start in the past tense, stick to forms of the past tense)
The house was as big as a palace. Outside was a very big garden with oaks, pine trees, sunflowers, and cactuses, and down the walls hung creeping vines. In the middle of the garden stood a towering wall. Its height made it look mysterious. It was very old and breezy. (I believe that stylistically this sounds slightly better)
The palace House had eleven rooms which were all decorated. The room that I liked most was the living room in the middle of the house. (that makes the statement more correct) It had many (“lots of” is very colloquial) different rugs, a fireplace that burnt logs and a sofa with an array of colourful cushions. (“array” just sounds cool
Be careful and avoid repetition.) My grandmother used to tell me that in the olden days (set expression) this room was used as a store.
I did my homework in peace in their wonderful garden. (sequence of tenses) I used to spend most of my time in the room which I called mine. That was because I used to sleep in it and kept (again, to avoid repetition) various belongings of mine there. It was beautifully decorated and had azure walls. From the window I could see a wonderful view of the emerald grass. There were five more bedrooms. To the right was a kitchen which my grandmother cooked in, to my north (? It’s either “to the north” or “to my left” or “in front of me”, etc) I could see the (?)
My grandfather loved to cook. He (?) used to prepare (to avoid repetition of the word “cook”) tasty meals and desserts. A cat used to sleep in the warmth (? It’s ok but it would be perfect if you could write in the warmth of what… e.g. the warmth of the fireplace, the warmth of the kitchen, etc).
There were three bathrooms. The walls were all painted (?) a dark salmon colour.
The study was where my grandfather used to write and read books. It had an enormous library with all kinds of interesting books. Some of them were very old.
My grandfather’s cabinet always gave me frightful thoughts and I never opened it unless he asked me to.
I still treasure my precious memories of the great times I have had at the palace house.
September 21st, 2004 at 7:06 pm
Nope, just leave them be!
September 21st, 2004 at 10:16 pm
Does it matter what kind of container you grow them in.?
September 21st, 2004 at 9:25 pm
How about the tobacco plant. It sucks up all kinds of nasty metals and whatnot from the soil.
September 22nd, 2004 at 7:57 pm
do you plant strawberries once or do you have to replant them every year like tomatoes???
September 22nd, 2004 at 10:51 pm
Yeah, I didn’t know that when I bought 10 plants back in April from Walmart, I have like 20 plants now, they keep having babies and I am out of room! I thought these things died in the winter and had to be replanted, but I found out thru a forum that the first year you put them in, they only est themselves and grow, you don’t get serious berries until year 2, 3, etc. I thought they were more tropical, but they are actually hardy. I’m glad they like to be crowded, I have too many plants now.
September 22nd, 2004 at 11:45 pm
Strawberry plants last for years. They come back every spring. You can also plant the runners that shoot off of it. My strawberry plants get bigger each year. This year they’re freakishly huge! It’s kinda spooky cuz if they get any bigger, they’re gonna strangle me.
*grabs the gun to go harvest strawberries*
September 23rd, 2004 at 9:41 am
Cover them with straw!
September 23rd, 2004 at 3:50 am
September 23rd, 2004 at 12:27 pm
Very helpful, I’m going out to plant mine now!
September 23rd, 2004 at 10:29 am
continue to the next page for chapter 4?
September 23rd, 2004 at 2:40 pm
September 23rd, 2004 at 6:38 pm
Very inspirational. I am going through a rough patch at the moment and the speach is exactly what I needed. The major lesson that I learned is that the man clearly does not take credit for himself for the role that the group played in the success that the company achieved. Although he was a major contributor to its success, he shows humility and with that wisdom. This is crealy a turning point for me as he did many decades ago when he went to the library to read up on the suggested papers. His philosophy is similar to mine. I too believe am a custodian, only when I achieve my goals.