Planting Flowers – Where Do You Start?
You may find yourself thinking one day while staring at your lonesome lawn or backyard, then saying to yourself “I want a garden!” A 
very nice idea indeed, but the first question is, where to start? What garden do you like? What flowers? What plant? Where to plant them? So forth and so on.
Basically the first thing to consider is how big your garden is or how big or small do you want it to be. Then consider the weather and what time of the year it is. It is important to know the weather, because it determines a plant’s life. Let’s have a basic review; seasons in the US are four Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Winter is the coldest season it happens around November to March in the northern hemisphere and June to August in the southern hemisphere. Spring is the time of year where plants generally starts to bloom or grow, happens between winter and summer, it runs from March to May in the northern hemisphere and from September to November in the southern hemisphere. Summer is the warmest season that happens between spring and autumn, it happens from June to August in the northern hemisphere and December to February in the southern hemisphere. Lastly is Fall where generally plants wither it occurs between Summer and Winter.
A flower’s life is dependent on the weather, as earlier said. To be able to choose the ones that will actually grow and not the one you just 
want to grow. Consulting a list of flowers that grow per season or by month is highly advisable. Here are some examples, for March apricot blossoms and periwinkle are some of the few plants to grow. In April there’s bluebells and tulips. In May there’s iris and lilac. In June flowers are cottage rose and bellflower. In July there’s hydrangea and sun rose. And in August flowers like lily of the nile and summer margaritas. But you should also consider the kind of soil you have in your garden because often some of these flowers are dependent on the kind of soil they should be planted.
There are also three types of flowers namely, Annual Flower, Perennial Flower, and Biennial flower. Annual flowers are those that grow from seed, blooms, set seed, and dies in just one growing season. Examples are petunia and marigold. In general, annuals bloom from spring to fall. Perennial Flowers are those that may live for three or more seasons but blooms only for a short period of time. It may be for a week or once a year. While Biennial Flowers are flowers that grows vegetatively for the first year then continues to live over the winter then blooms the next season, sets seeds then dies. Foxglove is an example of a biennial flower.
Planting flowers is not an easy task. There are many things to consider and taking care of it requires patience and great interest on planting.
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