Making Your Flowers Suit Your Garden Spot

You can also use the reverse approach to selecting a garden spot for
your flower garden. Perhaps you already have a spot in mind that
you feel would be just perfect, but you have not taken a look at
flowers yet. Monitor the area you have selected and determine if it
gets more than eight hours of sunlight per day. If it does, you should
go with full sun plants for that area. If it receives about five or six
hours of sunlight per day, partial sun plants are ideal. Full sun plants
might still survive in this spot, but their stems may become spindly
and require staking, as they do not receive the amount of sun
necessary to grow strong.
If the garden spot you have selected receives two to four hours of
sunlight, partial shade flowers are ideal. If the area receives less than
two hours of sunlight per day, you should stick with full shade
flowers.You will also discover that there are some flowers that are
quite versatile and can handle anywhere from full shade to partial sun
or from partial shade to full sun. These flowers are often easier to
care for because of this versatility. So, if you are still uncomfortable
with determining the amount of sunlight your area receives, you
might want to stick with these flowers.