Pink Rose Shrubs

Pink rose bushes, shrub roses and the blushing knockout roses are all resistant to diseases and handle droughts pretty well. They start blooming in spring and continue until the first hard frost. These shrub roses are resistant to black-spot. These woody perennials are within the family Rosaceae. When planting these during spring, make sure it's an area that gets at least six hours of sun. The soil needs to be slightly acidic. Sulphur is a good remedy if your soil does not have enough. You can add nutrients to the soil by adding compost, organic matter or peat moss. The hole should be twice the depth of root-ball and twice the width, so the roots will have plenty of room to spread out. www.gardenguides.com/100064shrubs-georgia.html

Landscape Settings In Helen

Daffodils, double knock out rose, larkspur guardian lavender, achillea pomegranare and the red rose bush to mention a few of the plants, and flowers planted in front and behind the buildings in this historic town. The town is a German style, resembles a Bavarian alpine town .

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Daffodils

Daffodils are hardy during summer and winter. Their bulbs multiply in the ground every year. If you start them indoors, they will bloom during winter. This bulb plant's blooming season is from early spring to mid-spring. Will take full sun or partial shade. The height is 1ft. 6in. to 1ft. 8 in. Width is 8in.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_(plant)

Flowering Dogwood

www.ces.ncsu.edu/floweringdogwood Spring is the best time to plant dogwood trees. When planting the hole should be three times the diameter of the rootball. When filling the hole, use part soil and part organic material. Spread peat moss around the tree. Reasons for this are, 1. peat moss retains up to 20 times it's weight in moisture,2. it loosens and aerates soil to help root growth, 3. reduces leaching of nutrients from fertilizer by slowly releasing these into the root system.

Flowering Dogwood Tree

The flowering dogwood tree typicall flowers in early april in the southern region and late april or early may in the northern region. The colors of the flower head are surrounded by petals of white, pink or red. This deciduous tree can grow to the height of 33ft. Dogwoods like moist, acidic soil with after noon shade.

www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/quickref/trees/flowering_dc

Stakes for Tomato Plants

You can improvise when it comes to stakes for your tomato plants. I've found a couple of old broom handles and mop handles to do the job. All i had to do is saw off the ends and use a rubber hammer to knock the stakes down far enough to support the tomato plants. First i dug a trench using a pick and hoe. Second i put poting soil. Third i transplanted the tomato plants from the pots, then covering the plants with soil by using a shovel. Put the stakes as close as possible to the plants before hammering into the ground, then tie string, around the tomato plants and stake for support. Put plenty of water on each plant to reduce the shock of being transferred.

Brick Pathway

If your interested in having your own brick pathway for your landscape this link www.thisoldhouse/toh/how-to/intro/0,,202004 will give you a good tutorial on how to do it yourself. There is also a video for a brick walkway. It's important to have a good base . Brick pavers make a good edging. Metal spikes secure it in place. You will also need sand and a plate compactor.

Petunia

A creative landscape using cypress, red mulch, ferns, shrubs and petunias. Petunias come in many colors and sizes. Flowers bloom in shades of red, pink, salmon, coral, blue, purple, white, cream and yellow. There are two types, Multifloras and Grandifloras. Grandifloras has fewer but larger flowers. These can be up to four inches across. Multifloras can be up to two inches across. These annual plants bloom from early summer to late summer.

Trees,Shrubs, Plants

www.naturehills.com A site where you have plenty of choices to choose from with a variety of plants, shrubs and trees.

Brick Pathway

A brick pathway along with trees, shrubs, ferns and hostas.

Hostas

Hostas along a brick pahway.

Landscapes

Potted plants with a concrete bench adds a setting to a landscape.

Hostas

www.ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1239.html Hostas like morning sun and afternoon shade. Prefers 5 to 6 hours of sun. Hostas bloom in summer with spikes from lavender to white.

Hostas

Fertilizer

Here's a good tutorial on how to choose the right fertilizer for your lawn, for your fruits and vegetables and for your plants. Lawns need to be fertilized with a higher nitrogen content, while your fruits, vegetables and plants need a lower nitrogen percentage.

www.associatedcontent.com/article/7860912

Soil Testing With PH Meter

www.youtube.com ph and moisture meter is all you need to type in to see the video.