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Designing Annual Flower Beds
Materials condensed from USU Ogden Botanical Garden /Susie Jones and Dorrie Jones
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Annual Flower Bed Design
Ogden Botanical Garden flower beds
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Annual Plants
• Live only one season• Need to replant each
year• Give color all summer
long• Many sizes, colors, and
varieties to choose from
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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)
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ColorTextureBalanceRepetitionUnityLight Requirements
Design Principles
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Color
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Analogous Colors
• Safe• Can be restful or
dramatic according colors used
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Complimentary Colors
• Compliment each other•Make sense• Green is universal
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Contrasting Color
• Bold• Draws attention
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Texture
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Plant PlacementSymmetricalAsymmetrical
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Repetition/Unity
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When, Where & HowWait 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
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Method to the MadnessPeter Lassig strategy for Temple Square:
Skeleton – Tendon - Flesh
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Skeleton
• 20% of the plants• Dominant• Tall• Focal Point• Ornamental grasses,
Flowering cabbage or kale, New Zealand flax
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Purple Fountain Grass
New Zealand Flax
Skeleton Plants
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Ornamental Cabbage or Kale
Skeleton Plants cont.
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Cleome
Black-eyed Susan Skeleton Plants cont.
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Tendon• 20% of plants• Less dominant• Compliments
skeleton• Salvias, Profusion
Zinnias, Gomphrena, Geraniums
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Geraniums
Profusion Zinnias
Tendon Plants cont.
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‘Lady in Red’ Salvia
‘Victoria Blue’ Salvia
Tendon Plants cont.
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Fireworks Gomphrena
‘Strawberry Fields’ Gomphrena
Tendon Plants cont.
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Tendon Plants cont.
Lisianthus
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Flesh• 60 % of plants• Fills in gaps• Usually creeping, low
plants• Alyssum, Sweet
potato vine, Lobelia, Licorice plant, Verbena, Sanvitalia
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Sweet Alyssum
Lobelia
Flesh Plants cont.
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Sweet Potato Vines
Flesh Plants cont.
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Sanvitalia
Sanvitalia ‘Sunbini’
Flesh Plants cont.
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Licorice Plant
‘Imagination’ Verbena
Diascia
Flesh Plants cont.
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Skeleton Plants for Shade
Ferns Coleus
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Shade Tendon Plants
TuberousBegonias
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Flesh Plants for Shade
Impatiens
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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
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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 PM Wednesday, 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
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Visit our the Ogden Botanical Garden blogspot for lots of fun information:
ogdenbotanicalgardens.blogspot.com
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Annual Flower Bed Design FormulaSkeleton 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)
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Shopping List – 12 x 4 BedSkeleton – 20 Tendon –20 Flesh- 60
6 - Kale 7 – Geranium 12 - Verbena
6 - Brazilian Verbena or Cosmos
8 -Zinnia 12 – Petunia
6- Bells of IrelandOr Cleome
12 – Nicotiana 6– Lantana
- grass 1 -Dalhia4 -Salvia
24 –Snapdragon, Diascia,
–basil or dusty miller -Snowland Daisy alyssum , lobelia,
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Utah Botanical Center in Kaysville, June 2010
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Plant Maintenance Weeds
Pre-emergentMechanical
control Fertilizer
Water-soluableGranularSlow-release
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Dead-heading FlowersPerennials Annuals
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Water Conservation
• Hydrozoning your plants• Mulching• Check sprinkler
efficiency
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Northridge Garden Guild
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43Utah Botanical Center in Kaysville, June 2010