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Improves Flowering and Fruit Production

Along with all its other benefits, Epsom salt for plants is a game-changer when it comes to flowering and fruiting plants. The Magnesium Sulfate compound works to promote healthier and more vibrant blooming, and healthier fruiting for a better harvest.

Enhancing Water Retention

One of the most important roles of organic amendments is improving water retention. Materials like organic compost manure and coconut coir help soil hold onto moisture, reducing the need for frequent watering and ensuring plants have access to water during dry periods.

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Garden Design Wallpapers

Best Garden Design wallpapers and HD background images for your device! Just browse through our collection of more than 30 hight resolution wallpapers and download them for free for your desktop or phone. We hope you enjoy these awesome Garden Design background images :)

Natural Beautiful Picture

Natural Beautiful Picture

Rows or Beds

Some plants seem to do better, and are easier to handle when planted in beds rather than single rows. Try this with spinach, lettuce or other greens in beds 12 – 18″ across. Carrots are good in 6 – 8″ beds. Garlic and onions like to be almost touching when they are mature, so plant these in 4 or 5 closely spaced rows, like one wide row 4 garlics across. Don’t make beds so wide that you can’t comfortably reach across to work on them. Some grains and grasses will do better in beds because they hold each other up, where a single row stand will tip over too easily.

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This could mean having a friend help you hoe, but usually it refers to planting certain species together as a natural pesticide, fertilizer or for other benefits. The strong smell of marigolds keeps many insects at a distance. Have you ever seen a cabbage fly alight on a marigold? Marigolds around the edges of the garden and close to crucifers like broccoli and cabbage tend to keep the cabbage worms and other insects away. This is not fool proof, but may reduce the numbers. It looks nice too.

Spacing Plants

This doesn’t mean blasting them out the air lock of your interstellar craft! There’s a real art to planting seeds and transplants at exactly the right distance to maximize yield and minimize open, wasted ground that will probably grow weeds anyway. The best spacing will give the plants all the room they need to fully develop, and to fill in completely between plants and down the rows, leaving just enough room for you to walk along and pick your harvest. Ideally they’d all be at waist height too so we won’t have to bend over!

Planning Your Garden

Although most home gardens happen by chance ( a plant here and soon another plant there) it’s well known that a little planning goes a long way in any endeavor. Take a few minutes now to think about the layout of your garden

Consider the wildflowers

Step into a field of wildflowers with our latest piece, 'Consider the Wildflowers.' This composition of hand, slow-pressed flowers - featuring cheerful orange poppies, delicate snapdragons, stunning statice flowers, vibrant dahlias, and charming zinnias - invites you to take a moment to reflect on life's wonders. The flowers have been thoughtfully arranged to evoke the carefree beauty of nature and to inspire you to pause and marvel at God's incredible handiwork. Through this piece, we hope to remind you that just as He takes care of the smallest wildflower, He will also take care of you and all of the worries you face.

Flowers Beautiful Flower Bouquet

Flowers Beautiful Flower Bouquet

Colorful Plants in Nature Illustration

Colorful Plants in Nature Illustration

Garden Tropical Jungle Landscape

Garden Tropical Jungle Landscape

Wildflower Meadow, Beautiful Flowers

Wildflower Meadow - Beautiful Wildflowers in a Meadow

True Lily Flowers

Part of the genus Lilium, true lilies produce striking flowers in a huge range of colors. Their long vase life and dramatic blooms—think bright spots, ruffled petals, and elegant curves—have made them some of the most popular cut flowers in the world.

Texas Bluebonnet Flowers

Plant this fragrant, winter-hardy annual en masse to cut a dramatic swath through your garden. It reseeds vigorously, so you can look forward to new blooms every spring. If you're in search of cool hues, check out the Lady Bird Johnson Royal Blue bluebonnet, a violet-blue overachiever named after the former first lady who advocated for the spread of wildflowers along Texas roadways.

Red Yucca Flowers

Red yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora), also known as hummingbird yucca, is actually a member of the century plant, or agave Americana, family. Its bright red tubular flowers keep on blooming even in summer's hottest months, attracting hummingbirds and butterflies to the garden.

Red Feathers Flowers

A wildflower that thrives even in dry conditions, red feathers (Echium amoenum) have fringed 12- to 15-inch flower spikes in a beautiful raspberry-crimson color, Fradkin says. Pinch off spent blossoms to keep them blooming, but hold off late in the growing season to encourage reseeding.

Ornamental Tobacco Flowers

Also known as woodland tobacco,  Nicotiana sylvestris has a floral scent that is reminiscent of jasmine. Southern gardeners love its pendant clusters of trumpet-shaped white flowers, which resemble shooting stars and bloom from early through mid-fall.

Disco Belle Pink Hibiscus Flowers

This tropical perennial produces big, pink blooms with stunning red eyes from July to September. "The flowers are humongous," says Dawn Fradkin, a horticulturist with Colorado State University Extension in Arapahoe County, where intense sunlight and clay soils can be a challenge for gardeners. "They're just striking for our area and our environment," she says.