design flower beds

1. Designing Annual Flower Beds Materials condensed from USU Ogden Botanical Garden / Susie Jones and Dorrie Jones 1

2. Annual Flower Bed Design 2 Ogden Botanical Garden flower beds

3. Annual Plants Live only one season Need to replant each year Give color all summer long Many sizes, colors, and varieties to choose from 3

4. Annual Flower Bed Design Getting Started: Determine the square footage of the garden space (length x width) Calculate number of plants needed: 2 per square foot Sketch a plan on paper Choose plants the fit the location: sun/shade/wet or dry Develop of list of what plants and how many of each to take to the nursery (give yourself options and limits) Preparing Beds Wait until soil is dry to avoid compaction (roots like lose soil) Remove old plant material and weeds Till and incorporate ORGANIC matter (i.e. compost not top soil) 4

6. Texture

7. Balance

8. Repetition

9. Unity

10. Light Requirements5

11. Color 6

13. Can be restful or dramatic according colors used7

15. Make sense

16. Green is universal8

17. Contrasting Color Bold Draws attention 9

18. Texture 10

19. Plant Placement Symmetrical Asymmetrical 11

20. Repetition/Unity 12

22. Always choose a reputable nursery

23. Look for plants that are compact, healthy, and not in bloom

24. Avoid plants that are leggy, diseased, or root bound 13

25. Method to the Madness Peter Lassig strategy for Temple Square: Skeleton – Tendon - Flesh 14

26. Skeleton 20% of the plants Dominant Tall Focal Point Ornamental grasses, Flowering cabbage or kale, New Zealand flax 15

27. Skeleton Plants Purple Fountain Grass New Zealand Flax 16

28. Skeleton Plants cont. Ornamental Cabbage or Kale 17

29. Skeleton Plants cont. Black-eyed Susan Cleome 18

30. Tendon 20% of plants Less dominant Compliments skeleton Salvias, Profusion Zinnias, Gomphrena, Geraniums 19

31. Tendon Plants cont. Geraniums Profusion Zinnias 20

32. Tendon Plants cont. ‘Victoria Blue’ Salvia ‘Lady in Red’ Salvia 21

33. Tendon Plants cont. Fireworks Gomphrena ‘Strawberry Fields’ Gomphrena 22

34. Tendon Plants cont. Lisianthus 23

35. Flesh 60 % of plants Fills in gaps Usually creeping, low plants Alyssum, Sweet potato vine, Lobelia, Licorice plant, Verbena, Sanvitalia 24

36. Flesh Plants cont. Sweet Alyssum Lobelia 25

37. Flesh Plants cont. Sweet Potato Vines 26

38. Flesh Plants cont. Sanvitalia Sanvitalia ‘Sunbini’ 27

39. Flesh Plants cont. Licorice Plant ‘Imagination’ Verbena Diascia 28

40. Skeleton Plants for Shade Ferns Coleus 29

41. Shade Tendon Plants Tuberous Begonias 30

42. Flesh Plants for Shade Impatiens 31

43. Resources for picking flowers Ogden and Utah Botanical Garden Centers – gardens and classes Magazines and Internet Burpees.com / Dave’s Garden / White Flower Farm / High Country Garden LDS Garden Tours 32

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45. AN ENGLISH GARDENER IN 1870 Salt Lake City - Bill KingGarden Talks in the ParkWednesday, 16 June 2010Enjoy a fascinating horticulture history lesson as Bill teaches us about the Utah visit of William Robinson, famous gardener and author of “The English Garden” (still in print). Please join the expert horticulturists for complimentary one-hour garden talks. The talks begin at 8:00 p.m. in June and July and at 7:30 p.m. in August. No tickets are required. All ages are welcome. CREATING COLORFUL CONTAINERS - Lisa TaggartGarden Talks in the Park8:00 PMWednesday, 23 June 2010Enhance your outdoor living space with colorful and creative container plantings. Please join the expert horticulturists for complimentary one-hour garden talks. The talks begin at 8:00 p.m. in June and July and at 7:30 p.m. in August. No tickets are required. All ages are welcome. LDS.org/ search: Garden Tours 34

46. Visit our the Ogden Botanical Garden blogspot for lots of fun information:ogdenbotanicalgardens.blogspot.com 35

47. Annual Flower Bed Design Formula Peter Lassig formula for Temple Square (Ogden Botanical Garden formula in parenthesis) 36

48. Shopping List – 12 x 4 Bed 37

49. 38 Utah Botanical Center in Kaysville, June 2010

51. Pre-emergent

52. Mechanical control

53. Fertilizer

54. Water-soluable

55. Granular

56. Slow-release39

57. Dead-heading Flowers Perennials Annuals 40

58. Water Conservation Hydrozoning your plants Mulching Check sprinkler efficiency 41

59. Northridge Garden Guild 42

60. 43 Utah Botanical Center in Kaysville, June 2010