Tips on How to Plant Flowers in Containers and Outdoor Beds

Flowers are beautiful and having some in your garden makes a home very enjoyable to stay in and therefore the importance of how to plant flowers properly.

How to plant flowers depend on the purpose for which the flowers are being planted. There are flowers in homes, flowers in recreation parks, around buildings that are used in different ways. All these are planted in different ways according to the theme of the place.

In homes, flowers are aimed at making the home pleasant to relax in. How to plant flowers in homes depend on whether they will be indoor plants or a home garden or if they are for an edge.

Indoor flowers are usually planted in pots or specifically prepared planting containers of troughs. Below is a brief on how to grow flowers indoor.

* Select the flowers suitable to survive under shade and low light intensities.
* Select low maintenance flowers that will not require a lot of work if you are going to plant them indoor.
* Prepare the growing containers by putting course gravel at the bottoms, follow with fine gravel and then fill the rest with your preferred media. This is good for drainage.
* Think of where the water will drain after watering.

Then plant your selected flowers in your containers, otherwise called pots and water properly.

Here is a brief of how to plant flowers out door of in the field.

* Prepare the soil deep to break any hard pan.
* Add compost and a base dressing fertilizer like Triple super phosphate and mix well.
* If your the area is not well drained, raise the planting bets to allow for this when it rains.
* Plant your flowers on the beds observing the density that is required for the particular plant variety.
* Water well and observe.

The best way to learn how to plant flowers is by doing it practically. There are many guides available in the internet.