Planning Your Garden and Plant Markers for Perennials

On those rare winter days when the ground is soft enough to drive a plant marker into it, you may be daydreaming of your plans for this year’s perennial garden. If you’re planning on digging a new garden in your yard, you can start planning and imagining your location, plant design and species list now. Once your list of plants has been established you can get your plant markers for perennials ready to stand alongside your tall and small, leafy and woody, colorful and foliage-fascinating plants. Planning early means that you get your markers ordered now and can plant your plant markers for perennials on the same day you put your new additions into the yard. But, let’s start at the beginning with just where you want to put that new garden.

The Perfect Vantage Point

Where do you like to sit in your yard? What do you love to see from that vantage point? What MORE would you like to see? Planning a garden means imagining it from the angles where you and others will see it most. Will you most likely see it from your favorite porch rocking chair? Do you want it to be subtle or breathtaking when people pull in your driveway, walk up to your porch or walk out onto your patio? What about the dog days of summer when you’ll view your perennials most often through the window that separates the heat from your air-conditioned home?

After considering the different vantage points from where you’ll most likely enjoy your perennial garden, you can choose which plants should be in the “front” of that vantage point and which ones will be in the back. Your garden should look appealing from all sides, but make sure that it is most flattering from those popular vantage points.

Room to Grow in a Garden for all Seasons

One very interesting garden tip suggests digging your garden wider than you think you’ll need. Imagine your perfect-sized garden and then make it bigger. Remember that landscaping stones or a dirt edge will be on the perimeter of your garden, so always imagine a foot or more past where you want to fit in your plants.

Another helpful tip in planting your perennial garden is to take your total number of plants that you will be purchasing and divide that number by thirds. Each third should bloom in spring, summer and fall. Careful planning can give your yard color and texture just where you want it all year long.

Kincaid Plant Markers are built to last with our 100 percent stainless steel design. Investing in perennials saves time that you might have been taking to plant new flowers each year and saves money from year to year. Our plant markers for perennials will stand tall with your long-lasting perennials. The perennials will be thriving while the plant markers will be surviving. Together they will blend and define your yard and make it a beautiful and interesting space.