BAKERSFIELD, CA - MAY 07: Water drops cling to an insect as sprinklers water a wheat crop on May 7, 2008 south of Bakersfield, California. Urgent calls for California residents to conserve water have grown in the wake of the final Sierra Nevada Mountains snow survey of the season indicating a snow depth and water content at only 67 percent of normal levels. The Sierra snowpack is vital to California water supplies and officials are preparing plans for mandatory water conservation. In Southern California, the Metropolitan Water District, cut deliveries to farmers by nearly a third and growers in Fresno and Kings counties have not planted about 200,000 acres of crops, a third of the land irrigated by Westlands Water District. Many farmers are now selling their government-subsidized water for profit instead of using it to plant crops. Much of the California water supply comes from the Colorado River where a continuing eight-year drought has lowered water storage to roughly half of capacity. Dry conditions across the West have already doubled the wildfires this year causing fire officials to brace for a possible repeat of the devastating 2007 southern California wildfire season.Image by Getty Images via DaylifeKnow take care of your garden flowers can make a big difference in the look and over-all health of your plants. Here are some simple tips to make your flower garden of health

1. The bulk must always be given major consideration.

Your flower garden must have an adequate supply of water, sunlight and fertile soil. Any lack of these basic needs will have a major impact on the health of plants. Water the garden of flowers more often during periods of drought.

When planting bulbs, make sure they go to the proper depth. When planting shrubs and perennials, make sure you do not have the ground or piles of mulch around the stem. If you do, the water flow instead of sinking, and the stem could develop through the rotting overheating.

2. Mix and match perennials with annuals.

Bulbs flowering perennials need not be replanted since they grow and bloom for several years, while annual growth and bloom for one season. A little mixing with perennials annual ensures that you will always have to come on the flowers.

3. Deadhead to encourage more flowers.

Deadheading is simply snipping off the flower head after it wilts. This plant will produce more flowers. Make sure you do not throw the deadhead on the garden or mildew and other plant disease attack your plants.

4. Knowing the good from the bad bugs.

Most insect garden doing more good than harm. Butterflies, beetles and bees are known pollinators. They fertilize plants unintentional through transfer pollen from one plant to another. 80% of flowering plants rely on insects for survival.

Sowbugs and dung beetles with fungi, bacteria and other micro-organisms are needed to contribute to the decomposition of dead plant material, thus enriching the soil and make nutrients more available for growing plants.

Other insects like dragonflies and lacewings are natural predators of those insects that do the actual injury, as APHIS.

On occasion, the application of liquid fertilizer when plants are flowering allows them to bloom longer.

Always prune any dead or damaged branches. Fuchsias are particularly prone to breaking when you brush against them. The broken branch can be potted up to give you a new plant, it will not be wasted.

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