Grow Your Own Flowers for Kids

By Liam McCann

Growing flowers at home is easy and rewarding and as long as you follow the simple guidance in this handy ebook you should achieve some outstanding displays in the garden or else cut for display in the home.
You don't always need to tend a dedicated area in your garden as most plants are quite happy in borders or in containers on balconies or windowsills. Most species will also grow alongside vegetables in a plot. Follow the tips in this book to help pick the plants and flowers that will ensure success.
Some require a little attention while others will happily last for weeks in a vase. Having flowers on the mantelpiece makes all the difference to a living room, and you shouldn't need a florist to make the most of the plants in your garden.

• Language: English
• Publisher: G2 Rights
• Release date: Jul 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9781782812883

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Growing flowers at home is easy and rewarding as long as you choose the right plants. You don’t always need to tend a dedicated area in your garden as most plants are quite happy in borders or in containers on balconies or windowsills. Most species will also grow alongside vegetables in a plot.

Some require a little attention while others will happily last for weeks in a vase. Having flowers on the mantelpiece makes all the difference to a living room, and you shouldn’t need a florist to make the most of the plants in your garden. A few simple tips can help these plants live much longer:

•Cut the base of the stems at an angle to help the flower draw water from the vase.

•Remove leaves that sit below the waterline or they’ll rot.

•Make sure your vase is clean.

•Don’t use ice-cold water for most plants (daffodils and tulips are the exception).

•Ask your parents to add a quarter of a teaspoon of bleach per litre of water to prevent bacteria spreading.

•Add a little sugar to help feed the plant.

•Be careful not to place the vase in direct sunlight, in a draught or too close to fruit.

•Remove dead blooms and change the water regularly.

Happy growing!

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History

The Alpine Pink or Dianthus alpinus is a small herb from the mountains in eastern Austria. These hardy evergreens with greyish leaves will produce up to six flowers on each stem in the summer.

Growing