Top 10 Flowers That Bloom all Year

Resources:

https://www.pouted.com/top-10-flowers-that-bloom-all-year/

https://www.topinspired.com/top-10-winter-plants-to-brighten-up-your-balcony/

https://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/flowers-and-plants/17-annual-flowers-for-year-round-color-pictures

How to pick plants and flowers for beautiful gardens

List of Flowers:

1. Serenita Angelonia
2. Wave Pink Petunia 
3. Vista Salvia
4. Lania Deep Purple Verbena
5. Purple Flash Pepper
6. Deutzia: Teardrop-shape buds on chardonnay perals open to fragrant, star-shape blooms (Chartreuse foliage 20-36 inches; Zones 5-8)
7. Azalea: From the Minnesota-hardy Northern Lights lineage, Tri-Lights combines white, pink, and yellow in ruffled blooms. (4 feet; Zones 4-7)
8. Forsythia: Like rays of sunshine, show Off starlet warms the landscape when it bursts into bloom. (24-36 inches Zones 5-8)
9. Sun Parasol Giant Pink Mandevilla
10. Limelight Licorice Plant
11. Diamond Frost Euphorbia
12. Superbells Miss Lilac Calibrachoa

List of Plants: 

1. Cimicifuga 
2. Sansevieria
3. Japanese forestgrass

How to start early gardening

Source: BHG

Plant Trees and Shrubs:

April is the ideal time to add trees and shrubs to your landscape.Bigger is not always better. Smaller specimens often catch up to larger ones within a year or two.

Start Mowing:

By mide-month, lawns in many areas will be growing quickly. Each time you mow, your goal should be to remove no more than one-third of the lawn's height. Always keep your mower blades sharp, and adjust the mowing height to 2-3 inches for most grass types.

Add Spring Color: 

In the North, give your garden an early boost of color with annual flowers that tolerate colder temperatures. Good choices include pansy, primula, sweet alyssum, calendula, snapdragon, and osteospermum. In frost-free regions, it's time to switch to warm-weather annuals, including celosia, zinnia, marigold, verbena, cosmos and cleome. 

Prune Early Bloomers: 

Trim overgrown azaleas, rhododendrons, and camellias after their flowers have faded. Avoid shearing; instead, use light, selective trimming to keep them looking their best. 

Pour On the Mulch: 

Add fresh mulch to landscape beds and flower borders. It's much easier to mulch when plants are just breaking dormancy. 

Start Vegetables: 

In cooler regions, continue planting lettuce, spinach, potatoes, onions, broccoli, peas, and cauliflower. In frost-free locations, continue planting okra, cucumbers, melons, tomatoes, peppers, and other warm-weather crops. 

Plant Bulbs: 

In temperature regions, plant summer bulbs such as caladium, canna, blood lily and dahlia. In Northern regions, wait until mid-May to plant these tropical beauties.

Feed Plants: 

Now is a great time to fertilize roses, perennials, lawns, citrus and other fruit trees, and ornamental shrubs. Spread a layer of compost or other organic matter around the base of each plant. or use a slow-release granular fertilizer. 

http://www.bhg.com/gardening/pests/insects-diseases-weeds/when-to-apply-weed-control/?ordersrc=rdbhg1108406

How to Preserve Red Chilli Peppers

Preserving Peppers:
In order to preserve red chilli peppers whole year and enjoy their flavors all year. 

Drying:  
Dry chiles in an oven, a dehyrdator, or the open air. The latter is recommended only for dry climates, such as the Southwest, where bunches of chiles strung up for drying are iconic decorations.
Slice chiles in half to speed drying in ovens and dehydrators. (Wear rubber gloves when working with hot peppers to avoid skin irritation.) Once dry store them in a sealed jar or plastic bag, or crush into powder. Reconstitute dried peppers in water for use in recipes. 

Crushing:
Dried peppers can be ground into coarse flakes or a fine powder for flavoring. Crush them by hand with a mortar and pestle, or use a food processor. Coffee bean grinders are also well-suited for this purpose. 

Freezing:
Many people slice peppers open and remove seeds before freezing, but whole peppers can be frozen as well, leaving seeds intact. Blanch peppers before freezing them; they'll keep up to 12 months in a deep freezer.

Pepper seeds:
Start seeds indoors 12-16 weeks before planting out in late spring. It's easy to save your own pepper seeds, but plants readily cross-pollinate so the offspring might not match the parent. Extensive offerings of pepper seeds can be found through the following suppliers:

Tomato Growers Supply: 
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/

Baker Creek: 
http://www.rareseeds.com/

Chile Pepper Institute: 
http://cpi.nmsu.edu/

Seed Savers Exchange: 
https://seedsavers.org

Weed It or Weep

How to Prevent Weeds to grow:

1. Before weeds start appearing in spring, spread a pre-emergence herbicide, such as Preen, on your lawn and flower gardens. This will prevent weed seeds in the soil from sprouting, yet allow desirable plants to grow. 
2. spread 3-4 inches of mulch, such as  shredded wood or chopped leaves, around flowers and shrubs. For a more durable weed barrier, lay permeable landscape fabric before you plant or mulch.
3. It's inevitable -- weeds will sneak through despite our efforts. Pull these interlopers by hand.For tenacious enemies, like poison ivy, selectively spray with post-emergence herbicide, such as Roundup.
4. Eliminate dandelions before seeds scatter. Prevent resprouting by removing every bit of the long taproot with a dandelion digger.

To-do List:

1. In frost-free regions, watch out for insect pests that become more active as the weather warms. Make a point to do a weekly spot-check for japanese beetles, thrips, scale, mites, or aphids in your garden.
2. Heat-loving herbs, such as basil, dill, fennel, marjoram, and rosemary, can be planted in the garden or in containers. All herbs require well-drained soil and a minimum of six hours of sunlight a day.
3. By mid-May, it's usually safe to plant frost-tender tomatoes, eggplants and peppers. You can also sow seeds of sweet corn, melons, squash, beans and cucumbers. In the south, plant okra, southern pea and sweet potato.
4. Dress up your porch or patio with colorful hanging baskets. The larger the basket, the less often you'll have to water it. The additional potting soil helps hold moisture. Select plants that match your growing conditions. For example, use succulents in a hot, sunny location.