Types of Flowers

Provides information of different types of flowers including their pruning reccomendations.

Roses

Roses top the favorite list of many florists, gardeners and flower enthusiasts. Roses come in an assortment of colors like red, yellow, white, deep pink and light pink. Roses are delicate and need much care in growing them for your landscape garden.

Like most other plants, roses need exposure to sunlight. On average roses, need minimum exposure of four to six hours of sunlight. Complimenting the sunlight, roses also need to well watered, most horticulturists recommend watering them every three days.

Though, most modern roses are equipped for greater disease resistance, adaptation to multiple soil types and pruning, it is still very necessary that one takes greater care is protecting them from insects and perform regular pruning.

The recommended rose bushes that ease out the pruning process are:

Hybrid tea rose bushes

Polyanthas rose bushes

Floribunda rose bushes

Grandifloras rose bushes

For successful rose bush growing, ensure deep root penetration is practiced.

Lilacs

Lilacs or genus Syringa as they are know are one of the most aromatic and beautiful plants that can adorn your garden. Lilacs come in over 1000 varieties with the most popular being the purple lilac. White and pink are the other colors they come in.

They come in sizes ranging from a modest 8 foot to whopping 30-feet. Lets look at some of the popular varieties of Lilacs.

Syringa Meyeri

Syringa Meyeri, 4’ to 8’ high and half again in spread ‘Palabin’ is the cultivar of choice. Violet-purple flowers cover the plant in May. They are not too high on fragrance but are very beautiful.

S. patula or Manchurian Lilac

S. patula or Manchurian Lilac reaches a satisfactory height of up to 9’ to 10’ at maturity. They are the most preferred variety for an all-round year bloom.

S. reticulata or Japanese Tree Lilac

S. reticulata or Japanese Tree Lilac reaches a terrific height of 20’ to 30’ with a 20’ spread.

Sylvan Beauty

This is more like that of a lavender-rose with a terrific fragrance and beautiful color texture.

Many more varieties of Lilacs are available making it a must-have garden flower.

Bulbs

Bulbs are the most colorful and easy to grow option for any gardener. Moreover there are enough varieties of bulbs that will bloom from summer to spring. With a combination of bulbs one can ensure the garden remains colorful with bulbs blooming all round the year.

Some of the popular varieties of Bulbs are as follows:

Peacock Flower

Iris

Day Lily

Tulip

Windflower

Daffodil

Crocus

Though bulbs are easy to plant, certain care should be taken while growing them. It is also recommended that one should plant bulbs during the fall season.