Designing annual flower bed 6 19-2010

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 D evelop 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

5. Color Texture Balance Repetition Unity Light Requirements Design Principles 5

6. Color 6

7. Analogous Colors Safe Can be restful or dramatic according colors used 7

8. Complimentary Colors Compliment each other Make sense Green is universal 8

9. Contrasting Color Bold Draws attention 9

10. Texture 10

11. Plant Placement Symmetrical Asymmetrical 11

12. Repetition/Unity 12

13. When, Where & How Wait until after the snow melts—hopefully by Mother’s Day Always choose a reputable nursery Look for plants that are compact, healthy, and not in bloom Avoid plants that are leggy, diseased, or root bound 13

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

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

16. Purple Fountain Grass New Zealand Flax Skeleton Plants 16

17. Ornamental Cabbage or Kale Skeleton Plants cont. 17

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

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

20. Geraniums Profusion Zinnias Tendon Plants cont. 20

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

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

23. Tendon Plants cont. Lisianthus 23

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

25. Sweet Alyssum Lobelia Flesh Plants cont. 25

26. Sweet Potato Vines Flesh Plants cont. 26

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

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

29. Skeleton Plants for Shade Ferns Coleus 29

30. Shade Tendon Plants Tuberous Begonias 30

31. Flesh Plants for Shade Impatiens 31

32. 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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34. AN ENGLISH GARDENER IN 1870 Salt Lake City - Bill King Garden Talks in the Park Wednesday, 16 June 2010 Enjoy 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 Taggart Garden Talks in the Park 8:00 PM Wednesday, 23 June 2010 Enhance 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

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

36. Annual Flower Bed Design Formula Skeleton 20% (20%) Tendon 20% (40%) Flesh 60% (40%) High Impact/ lg /tall Medium/ Compliment Small/ Filler Ornamental Cabbage/Kale Geranium Verbena Brazilian Verbena Dusty Miller Petunia Cleome Basil (purple) Lobelia Ornamental Millet Salvia Alyssum Rudbeckia (Black Eyed Susan) Zinnia Vinca Bells of Ireland Lisianthus Nasturtium Fern (shade) Nicotiana Snowland Daisy Coleus (shade) Gomphrena Dahlber Daisy Tuberous Begonia (Shade) Impatients (Shade) Peter Lassig formula for Temple Square (Ogden Botanical Garden formula in parenthesis) 36

37. Shopping List – 12 x 4 Bed Skeleton – 20 Tendon –20 Flesh- 60 6 - Kale 7 – Geranium 12 - Verbena 6 - Brazilian Verbena or Cosmos 8 -Zinnia 12 – Petunia 6- Bells of Ireland Or Cleome 12 – Nicotiana 6– Lantana - grass 1 -Dalhia 4 -Salvia 24 –Snapdragon , Diascia , –basil or dusty miller -Snowland Daisy alyssum , lobelia, 37

38. 38 Utah Botanical Center in Kaysville, June 2010

39. Plant Maintenance Weeds Pre-emergent Mechanical control Fertilizer Water- soluable Granular Slow-release 39

40. Dead-heading Flowers Perennials Annuals 40

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

42. Northridge Garden Guild 42

43. 43 Utah Botanical Center in Kaysville, June 2010