Choosing Plants for Your Garden - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. Everybody wants to know what to choose for their garden, and it really depends on your location, but the main thing is, you should know what you want. I mean, you want a shape, a size, a color, a texture - that is important to know. Once you figure out what shape and size and texture you want, then it is important to know where you are going to put that plant in the garden. So, for instance, if you are on a terrace in the city and you need to get, and you want get a arborvitae, you need to have a container for it, and choosing the right container is important for that plant, and also the location. So if it is on the north side, on the south side, it will depend on how much water, how big the pot should be, what size the plant should be. Now, if you are in the country, you want to know what size the plant gets to. A lot of time people choose plants, put them in the wrong places, and then they find out 10 years later they have a 30 foot tree they cannot get rid of. So it is important that you do a little investigating on what plants to choose, and really know what spot you want to put it in the garden, and that will determine the type of plant you will use.
