| I like scattering seeds around the roses, but if you want to avoid seeds accidentally falling at the base of roses. try covering the rose base with newsapapers or plastic which you can remove after the seeds have been planted. Bulbs I plant in clump form, which is I layer the bulbs and preferably early, mid and late season bulbs, in a single hole and top it off with daffodil bulbs. The idea is to create a seemingly longer bloom time for those bulbs, and the daffodil prevents squirrels from digging up the bulbs. Daffodils are bitter and squirrels won't come near them. If this is a straight border I would recommend setting the holes in a zig zag fashion, that way you can see all the flowers growing either from the front or from the sides. Another way to determine where annuals go is to practise wintersowing which is to use pop bottles as a form of cold frame. In late spring, start transplanting the seedlings to their ideal location. I also like this method because sometimes I don't know how tall annuals can grow. And another way to kill off any seedlings that go astray, is to simply disturb with a hoe or a trowel. |
