Spring is a time for blossoms and blooms, for longer days of warm weather, and for more time spent out enjoying your yard. Planting flowers is a perfect way to celebrate the springtime, while enticing you to spend more time outside and giving your home a lovely curb appeal.
To guide your at-home gardening endeavors, here are the best flowers to plant for the spring to add more color and life to your property.
Tulips
One of the most classic and celebrated flowers of the springtime is the tulip. Tulips come in many different colors and love full sun environments. But unlike some other spring flowers, it’s best to plant tulips in fall before the first freeze so that they come up on their own in the spring.
Pansies
Pansies are annual flowers that you can plant early in the spring, so get started with planting these as early as possible after the last frost. In fact, they start to wilt with the summer heat, so enjoy them now while you can! These small, colorful flowers work well in pots, window boxes, and hanging planters.
Hyacinths
The unique shape and bright colors of a hyacinth flower makes this a wonderful plant for spring. The flowers typically last for at least several weeks, and these plants naturally repel rodents. This is good to know if you are worried about pests destroying your beloved flowers after you plant them.
Daffodils
Daffodils are another essential spring flower and a lovely way to add a bright and festive yellow color to your garden. Depending on the type, daffodils may bloom in the early, middle, or late spring. Like tulips, plan to plant your daffodils in the fall so that you are pleasantly surprised by their beauty when spring arrives.
Primroses
For a low-maintenance flower that’s perfect for spring, consider primroses. These flowers come in many colors, including pink, purple, yellow, and white. They are perennial plants, which means you can often enjoy them for multiple years without having to replant them.
Lilacs
Lilacs are fragrant flowers that keep coming up year after year and can live for a long time once they are well-established. Lilac bushes provide excellent ground cover in a yard to fill awkward spaces. Place lilac plants in full sun and enjoy those purple blooms in the springtime.
Get Gardening Help from an Expert
There’s no denying that planting a garden and keeping up with the maintenance takes a lot of work and dedication. Choosing the right plants for your climate, preparing the soil, fertilizing, watering, and keeping pests away can feel like a full-time job, and it is one that you might consider hiring a professional to take care of!
A property caretaker can handle all your gardening tasks so that you can enjoy the beauty of spring flowers without the hassle. Better yet, your caretaker can make sure that everything is taken care of and stays looking great when you are away from home for spring break or a family vacation. Having a live-in property caretaker is beneficial if you have a large plot of land, if you are physically unable to keep up with garden tasks, if you travel a lot, or simply if you love having lots of plants.
To learn more about Household Staffing International’s property caretaker services and how we can help you achieve your dream garden this spring, contact us online or at 212-683-7722.