Flower Garden Tips To Grow Ornamental Plants For Cutting
Sep 11th, 2009 by Myarticle

Many enthusiasts of the flower garden recommends that use of cuttings of the plant is better than seeds for planting materials for flower garden. Growing plants from seeds may take a long time. You will need to wait for a few weeks or months before your plants will grow and start to bear flowers. Many of us do not have the patience to wait till some flowers comes out in our flower garden and this is deplorable. If you want to fill your home with plenty of colorful flowers, consider using cuttings as planting materials for your flower garden. Cuttings are easier to grow compared to seeds and they also bear flowers a lot faster.

Flower Garden: Looking For Stem Cuttings

Before you throw a lot of energies into looking for stem cuttings for your flower garden, you need to know that not all types of ornamental plants can grow from stem cuttings. Some flowering plants have to be grown from seeds rather than cuttings. To get ideas as which types of flowering plants can be grown from cuttings; you need to read a few books about ornamental plant growing. Find a book in the library on this topic and familiarize yourself with the different species of flower plants. Once you have some ideas as to which types of plants can be grown from stem cuttings, you may now start looking for stem cuttings for planting. The best place to look for stem cuttings for your flower garden is your local nursery or garden shop. If you have some friends who also have gardens, you may also ask them if they can give you some stem cuttings for planting. Who knows, you might even get a few stem cuttings from your friends for free. You can save a lot of money if you get some of your planting materials for free.

Planting Your Cuttings

You need to prepare your flower garden plots well in advance. Remember that some types of plant cuttings deteriorate fast and if they are planted on the soil within a given period of time, they may dry up and die. To reduce the level of mortality of your cuttings, you need to plant them as soon as possible. You should also see to it that you water your cuttings regularly. Cuttings need water to grow roots. However, you should not put too much water into your flower garden. Too much water can make the soil soggy and inhospitable. Just put enough water into your flower garden to keep the soil moist and fertile.

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