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Top 5 Easy to Grow Flowers You Can Plant in Your Garden

Sweat peas:

You can’t deny the fact that this flowers has a really great fragrance and the more you pick the more flowers they produce. Sweet peas seeds are easy to handle, however if sowing seems complicated to you it will be best to purchase sweet pea plug plants. All you need is a sunny spot, a lot of water and a fence that’s really supportive for the plant to flourish. All you need to look out for in your garden is the invasion of slugs and snails as they love to feed on the young shoots.

 

Sunflowers :

Sunflowers are easy plants for anyone to grow even for kids, the most impressive one is Sunflower Mongolian giant’ which grows about 14 ft tall. All you need to do is sow them into the ground  in a well sheltered and sunny spot for them to grow. A good support is also needed for the stems in other for this beautiful plant to reach their full potential.

 

Aquilegia :

Aquilegia is another easy to grow plant which you can have in your garden in no time. One thing to note with this one is to start out in a small pots which will then be transplanted later on to reach its full potential. Once you get it right at the beginning , you won’t have to worry about anything as they will happily set seed as-long as the foundation is right. Another thing about Aquilegia is they can tolerate any conditions in semi shade, or sun.

 

Marigold:

This flower is another easy to grow plant making it a  great choice for anyone to grow. Marigold seeds are easy and quick to grow so you won’t have to wait for ever to have a long colourful flowers in your garden. From small containers to small types of beds  or varieties for your border, this plant will always flourish in any sunny spot.

 

Cranesbill:

Cranesbill also known as hardy geranium are reliable and low maintenance flowers, with little or no effort to grow at all. They can be grown from seeds and also bare roots making it even easier to have.

 

How to Preserve Your Flowers

How to Preserve Your Flowers

Flowers are great when giving as a gift, and a lot of times it is for a very meaningful/special situation. If you got flowers for a birthday or an anniversary how do you know how to save them from dying out. There are many different ways that you can do this. Find out what option will work best for the flowers you have, and preserve the memories forever. There are a few different ways that you can preserve them through pressing and drying the flowers.

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Drying flowers

Drying flowers can generally be done one or two ways. The easiest way is to usually hang the flowers. When you hang them, you want to make sure its tied upside down making it easy to dry. If the bouquet is larger, you will want to take it apart into a few smaller bunches, so they can dry quicker and more evenly. Another option is to air dry the flowers. A window screen works perfect for this, as it allows air to circulate around the flowers. Place them in a simple layer and let them dry out. This will generally take a week or so. Either one of these are great ways to get those flowers dried out so it can be saved for later.

Pressing flowers

Another way to preserve flowers is to press them. There are flower presses that you can purchase that works more like a vice squeezing the different layers together to get a great press. Also you can press them in between a book if you don’t have a flower press, just make sure its layered with something, so put the petals in between parchment paper or waxed paper and it will help keep them safe once they are pressed. This is also a great way to save them, and when you press flowers you can use them to put in scrapbooks and other things.

pressed flowers

.Pressed flowers decoration

Other things people like to do is turn their flowers into potpourri. in other to do this, you will need to dry out the flowers by hanging them, you could even air dry them, or press them. Once thats done you want to be very careful not to break the petals, otherwise there will be no point in using them. Once the flower is dried the way you want it, you’ll need to add essential oils like lavender, rosemary oil, spices and herbs. This will keep them smelling great. From here, put it wherever you want and watch the smells fill the room.

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Dried rose bud which are used tea,cuisine and decoration

Keeping your flowers as a reminder of a special moment in our life is pretty common. There are a few different ways this can be done. Whether you are going to press them, dry them or even turn them into potpourri, you can keep them around for much longer than the flowers will last alive. Save special occasion flowers and use them to make keepsakes, put them in scrapbooks, and much more. Don’t just throw your flowers away after you get them, keep them as a reminder of great events and occassions.

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