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| Flower beds and gardens can be designed with special themes in mind. There are flowers that are especially attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. You can also plant specific flowers to create a "Moon Garden", a "Healing Garden", a "Cutting Garden", and more. You may need to use certain kinds of flowers for trouble spots in your own yard such as places that are in the shade most of the day or rocky, dry areas. |
 | Butterfly Gardens |
| Pick a sunny spot sheltered from high winds, plant nectar producing flowers, and provide a shallow bird bath as a source of water. Butterflies are more attracted to purple and yellow flowers. Avoid using pesticides or weed killer near the garden area. Easy to grow plants for attracting butterflies include daylilies, butterfly bush, bee balm, petunias, verbena, cosmos, flowering tobacco, and marigolds. |
| Hummingbird Gardens |  |
| Attract hummingbirds to your yard by providing feeders filled with sugar water, using birdbaths, and by planting flowers to provide natural nectar. Native plants are the best choice; once established, they will not need fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides. Annuals to attract hummingbirds include fuchsia, petunias, scarlet sage, red salvia, and impatiens. Bee balm and cardinal flowers are good perennials for attracting hummingbirds. Honeysuckle, trumpet creeper, butterfly bush, and azaleas are also good choices. |
 | Moon Gardens |
| For a moon garden, choose an area away from the shadows of buildings and trees. Use plants with silver or gray foliage such as dusty miller, white flowering butterfly bush, and snow-in-summer. These are iridescent and will glow in moonlight. When selecting flowers, choose cultivars with white, cream, or yellow blooms to reflect the moonlight. Moonflowers bloom only at night and have large, white fragrant flowers. Other good choices include shasta daisy, candytuft, petunias, rockrose, bridalwreath, gardenias, and evening primrose. Lavender cotton with its silvery foliage is a fragrant, easy to grow herb that will create a good small hedge to surround a moon garden. |
| Shade Gardens |  |
| Successful shade gardens often rely on attractive combinations and contrasts of textures. Subtle colors, variegated leaves, and interesting foliage can brighten even the shadiest spots in your yard. Good perennial choices for shade include hostas, ferns, ivy, and lilyturf. These can be planted with shade tolerant annuals, including begonias, coleus, impatiens, and pansies. Shrubs for shady areas include azaleas and hydrangeas. Most shade-loving plants prefer a moist, rich soil. |
 | Herb Gardens |
| Herbs are among the easiest and most useful plants to grow in a garden, and are a unique alternative to more traditional annuals and perennial flowers. In addition to their use in cooking and the fragrance they offer, many can also be used in arts and crafts, and will add color to potpourri and wreaths. Most herbs require 6 hours of direct sunlight per day, and a well-drained, slightly acidic soil. Attractive choices for your garden include rosemary, mint, scented geraniums, chamomile, lavender, and dill. |
| Flower of the Month | ||
| January |  | Carnation |
| February | Violet | |
| March | Daffodil | |
| April | Sweet Pea | |
| May | Lily of Valley | |
| June | Rose | |
| July | Larkspur | |
| August | Gladiolus | |
| September | Aster | |
| October | Calendula | |
| November | Chrysanthemum | |
| December | Narcissus | |
 | Plants for Birds: Sunflowers, Foxgloves, Primrose, Lunarias, Delphiniums, Candytuft, Balsam, Poppies, Ornamental Grasses, Phlox, Snapdragons, Thymes, Valerians, Wallflowers, Cornflowers, Clarkia, Asters |
| Flowers for Fragrance: Damask Roses, Cabbage Roses, Clove Pink Carnations, Sweet Alyssum, Passion Flower, Hybrid Violets, Bluebells, Grape Hyacinth, Lavender, Evening Stock, Tuberose, Sweetpea. |
| Shrubs for Fragrance: Mock Orange, Lilac, Gardenia, Jasmine, Viburnum, Carolina Allspice, Butterfly Bush, Flowering Currant, Spirea, Sweet Pepperbush, Garland Daphne. |
| Shrubs With Berries: American Holly, English Holly, Photinia, Bittersweet, Dogwood, Nandina, Barberry, Skimmia, Linden Viburnum, Beautyberry, Snowberry, Winterberry. |
| Plants for Hedges & Topiaries: Arborvitae, Privet, Yew, Boxwood, Juniper, Inkberry, Holly, Barberry, Euonymus, Forsythia, Lilac, Hibiscus, Shrub Roses, Myrtle, Cherry Laurel. |
| Flowers that Reseed: Marigold, English Daisy, Calendula, Bachelor's Buttons, Alyssum, Forget-Me-Nots, Viola, Sweet Williams, Nasturtium, Pansies, Cosmos, Lobelia. |
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