Neighbors complimenting my garden is 97% of why I grow things to begin with.
Every Friday, Cynthia posted videos of towering embankments of blooms against her fence.
The fence completely disappeared, and the flowers became their own structure, bracketing the property.
It made sense that she could pull it offshe owns agreenhouseand is aprofessional gardener.
I began buying seed packets, grabbed my garden notebook, and started planning.
Whats a flower wall?
How to build a flower wall
Cynthias plan was pretty simple.
She had some basic recommendations to start, like beginning with sunflowers.
You should break the rest into rows.
A wide range of flowers make up the three-to-five foot band, including your giant zinnias.
Your row in front should include anything under three feet, including stock, snapdragons, and perennial salvia.
You could, at the front edge, have small ground cover flowers as well.
Her beds also looked fuller than mine, even though I planted close together.
I considered my own garden.
I already had artichokes in my flower wall, and had put in foxglove over the years.
I added asparagus crowns, dahlias, and delphiniums, in addition to the salvia and poppies.
In between those spaces, the annuals peek through.
Some of the largest flowersbest for creating colorare annuals.
Gomphrena and celosia provide color blocks of interesting shapes at a lower height.
Seed outlets likeJohnnys,Floret,Botanical InterestandRenees Gardensall have deep benches of flower seeds.
All in all, building a flower wall is a project youll grow into over the seasons.
