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 Table of Contents 

A Beginner’s Guide to Annuals and Biennials 
Introduction 
Choosing the Right Soil 
Soil Color and Fertility 
Humus 
Preparation of the Soil 
Best Time for Seed Sowing 
The Thinning Process 
Staking Your Annuals 
Why Mulch? 
Cultivation and Maintenance 
Watering your Plants 
List of Hardy annuals 
Half Hardy Annuals 
Annuals Suitable for Cutting Purposes – 
Annuals for autumn blooming – 
Half Hardy Annuals for Edging Your Border 
Knowing More about Biennials 
Sowing the seeds 
Preparing the Ground 
List of Popular Biennials 
Conclusion 
Author’s Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

There are far too many people out there who are under the impression that you cannot have a beautiful garden without spending huge amounts of money. That is so not true. A little bit of planning and this fallacy is going to fall to pieces by the wayside. Those who are grown annuals for years are going to give this statement the lie gladly. 

Their initial investment must have been just a packet of seeds. The next year, the plants were grown from the seeds collected from the previous years’ crop. 
Do not forget that the life of an annual is limited to just 12 months and so you must not expect them to grow up and bloom again the next year, unless of course you allowed the seeds to lie in the bed without collecting them. That is when they are going to bloom up just like weeds with a little bit of rain, and with the coming of the spring. 

One of the great advantages of annuals is that they are quite easy to grow and flourish in your garden over a long period. The most common are well known to even amateur gardeners who can recognize a cornflower, nasturtiums, Virginia stock and Candytuft. These are very beautiful in themselves, but every gardener is growing them in his garden. 

So be a little adventurous and grow annuals that are lesser-known, whose names you will find in seed catalogs, nursery catalogs and in nurseries online. 
There are two kinds of annuals – the hardy kind and the half hardy kind. The hardy annuals are sewn out of doors, either in the autumn are in the spring. The half-hardy annuals are normally raised in frames or under cloches if you are subject to a continuous frost. Half-hardy annuals may need a little bit more of extra care and coddling , but that extra is going to be worth it when you see the blossoms in your garden.