Flower Gardens

Annuals and perennials spice the landscape with their colorful flowers and foliage. Beds of color provide brilliant accents against backgrounds of permanent plantings, soften man-made lines, and provide graceful transitions from one outdoor area to another. Flowers can be used to catch the eye, accent a view, frame a door, or just draw attention to their own blooms.

• Annual plants
  Annual plants are practical in that they are versatile, sturdy, and inexpensive. They quickly yield color for one long season.
  • Irrigation, Mulches, Fertilizers & Weed Control
  • Pest and Disease Control
  • Seed or Transplants
  • Selected Annual Flowering Plants and Quick Reference List
  • Soil Preparation
     
• Perennial plants
  Perennial plants return year after year. They fit into many landscapes and can be used in borders, as accents, or as strong focal points. The foliage of many perennials is attractive during nonflowering seasons as well.
  • Designing Perennial Plantings
  • Planting, care and maintenance
  • Propagation
  • Quick-Reference List for Perennial Uses
  • Roses
  • Selected Hardy Perennials, Bulbs, Ornamental Grasses
  • Site Selection and soil preparation
     
• Roses
  Where noted, much of the content of this area was taken from an Extension short course, Growing and Enjoying Roses in Mississippi, presented in the spring of 2007.
  • Control Fire Ants in Your Yard
  • Crafting with Roses*
  • Insect Pests of Roses
  • Other Sources of Information on Roses*
  • Propagating Plants For The Home Landscape
  • Pruning/Deadheading*
  • Pruning Diagrams*
  • Recommended Roses for Mississippi Gardens (slides)
  • Recommended Roses for Mississippi Gardens (text)
  • Rose Propagation
  • Site Selection, Bed Preparation and Planting of Roses
  • Spicy Rose Potpourri*
  • Suggested Roses for Landscape Uses*
  • Techniques and Tips for Growing Good Roses
  • Using Roses in the Landscape*
  • Watering and Plant Disease

Content for parts of this section comes from Extension Publication #P1826 - Annual & Perennial Flowers For Mississippi Gardens and *where noted, from a rose short course, Growing and Enjoying Roses in Mississippi, presented in the spring of 2007 by the MSU Extension Service.