I need advice for my first flower garden?

I have one partial sun area, and another area with no sun. Bad dirt with weeds. What do I do first about the old dirt? Do you buy new dirt, with like fertilizer in it? Then I know I pick flowers based on the amount of sun, but should I buy them already sprouting? I think that would be easier. So you just dig a whole and put it in the ground surrouned by the fresh dirt? And I'm not big on watering, but when you do water you just get the roots not the actual flower bud part right? haha help! thanks so much

I need advice for my first flower garden?
Till up the soil with a tiller or shovel, and buy plants in lieu of seeds. Shade, go with impatiens. Sun area, petunias are easy and tough. Use miracle grow liquid fertilizer and water regularly. Easy to do, and you will love it.
Reply:seeds+dirt+sun= flowergarden
Reply:You don't need to replace the old dirt-just add stuff to it. The easiest thing is organic matter, usually called compost or (ew) cow manure (comes bagged, sterilized and not as bad as you might think-the really courageous can find an old barn and clean out the old stuff). This softens the soil, and will feed the plants. It's also less expensive than new soil. It's faster to put plants in (seeds will take a couple more months to flower).

Watering-soak the ground around the plants the first time you plant them. Water new plants pretty often for the first two weeks. By then they should be established and require less care except for weeding. If they get wilty, water immediately.

Good luck. Trial and error will teach you the best plants for your area (but if you get some plants at a regular greenhouse, they'll be likely to know more than the people at the discount place, and you can ask questions about plants). I had one corner where nothing I tried grew. It was 4yrs. before I got something growing in there.

I love flowers, but i won't give them special treatment-no winter coddling, and no winter protection. If it didn't survive, I just put something else in there the next year.
Reply:You'll need to work up the soil where the garden is to get rid of the weeds and loosen it up. You can just dig it and turn the ground over with a shovel. It would probably be good to mix in some manure, fertilizer and maybe peat moss when you do that.



Choose bedding plants that suit the area as far as sunlight and check how tall the plants will grow so you don't have tall things in front and short in the back. Impatiens is a good plant for areas with no sun.



Watering is best done early in the morning or later in the evening to prevent the plants from getting sunburn from water on the leaves. Roses are the only plants that you shouldn't get the leaves wet.



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Reply:Do you want annual or perrenial...difference being annual only flowers to season then dies or drops seeds the other is forever ok...so you have to plan what you want easy care...so I will thow some suggestions and see if you like them...hmm ok the dirt should be ok why dont you give it a good soak leave the hose in for say half an hr depending on the size of the area get your hoe digger..after the good soak and dig all the soil up deep get all the weeds out get some manure and put it over say a few inches thick all over then water that in..preperation you see...now allways put taller growing plants to the back then work height down especially if your against a wall and if you want assorted type rows say...now for the sunny area if you would like hardy easy care type plants daisys are allways nice all you could put seeds in and lightly spray only for seeds you dont want to create a flood...if not seedlings are another choice ...dont for get you can get cuttings of a lot of plants and these will grow daisys are pretty easy to strike....shady area agapanthas are real easy but they like a little sun here and there but like shade to ...now some of your questions well if you buy a plant with say a few flowers and lots of buds this is allways good the reason being you can see the colour of the flower and the buds will open and look pretty in your garden if there all flowers they finish quick then you have to wait a few weeks to flower again...yes the roots only is good but ferns and some plants like a bit of water in there foilage like suculants to....and no you dont dig a hole in the old dirt and mix the new dirt around the plant what use is that the roots need all the nutrition not the plant so if you want to buy some soil as well mix it through just do like I said in the beginning and you will do ok...and a good way to check if plants need water is put your finger in the soil if its damp thats ok dry needs water depends on the weather a lot....summer water in the late afternoon in winter water in the morning.....and I guess you will ask why well the plants drink in the night and earlly morning slowly...so in summer usually the sun dries it up before they even start to drink so of a late evening is good winter the plants keep moist longer because its cold so morning is good so the day dries excess water up because you dont want your plants rotting anyway goodluck hey I am sure you will get a lot of rewards from it....
Reply:Improve the soil by adding compost and manure. Cultivate the ground well. It is usually esier to buy flowers as six packs. Water after planting and make sure they get about an inch of water from rain or watering each week.

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