What should any gardening enthusiast consider when planting a flower?
Unknown to many gardening neophytes, one of the more important things they have to consider is when to plant specific flowers. This is due to a couple of reasons. For one, not all flowers can withstand certain seasons. Some flowers may blossom more spectacularly when planted during spring or fall, while other flowers, unlike some, can withstand the ruthless cold of the winter. And then, one should also consider what type of plant the flower is, as this will definitely affect the growth of the plant.
Flowers can be classified as either annuals or perennials. Annuals, as the term already implies, are plants and flowers which has a life cycle of only one year. For example, the superb Bachelor Buttons (also known as the Centaurea cyanus) blooms during the spring up until summer, but they die right after. Perennials, on the other hand, pretty much lives and blooms for the whole year, and they often live longer than two years.
So obviously, you will need to know whether the blue flower you are planting is a perennial or an annual, since this will determine when you should plant it.
And how do you determine when to plant a specific type of blue flower? Simple: by determining if the blue flower is a perennial or an annual.
Perennials should be planted at least a month before the first spring frost, around May or June. This way, the flower will blue by spring or summer. Hardy blue flowers (or any other hardy blue flowers) should especially be planted around this time to achieve the best results. This type of flower is usually more suitable planted in pots, although they also work well as corners and borders of gardens. This is because many perennial plants are small, not big enough to actually be the main plant itself. Therefore, when planning blue perennial flowers, one should mix them with other more dominant flowers, preferably those with a white or yellow shade (blue flowers, after all, will look their best complimenting flowers with lighter colors).
Annuals, meanwhile, are a bit more high maintenance than perennials. While perennials do not need that much water or sunlight (therefore making them great potted plants, since they can easily adopted in the environment inside your house, for instance), annuals require as much of both of these as possible. In any case, annuals can be planted at any point of the year—as long as it is warm enough. Until perennials, annuals cannot withstand cold weather as well, especially when the plant is still young, so it is best to let it grow during the spring or summer.
There might be special cases wherein one will have to plant a specific blue flower during specific periods of the year. Usually, the perfect planting time for plants coincides with what they need in order to grow properly. For instance, the lily of the nile needs ample sunlight; therefore, it is best to plant them during seasons where it can get just that.
