There are so many flowers that you can use before cold temps subside in the spring (below 35 degrees Fahrenheit at night), that I make up at least a half dozen containers to cheer me up after a long cold winter, here in the mid-Atlantic region. Having hung up my winter coat and wearing a …
Cold Loving Spring Containers
This post has be updated to Continuous Containers with Cool Season Flowers with more information and more cold loving containers. Who says you have to plant your containers in May after the danger of a final frost? I have plants in my containers all year long and start in early March after pulling out Christmas …
Cool Flowers-Early Spring Bloomers
Now is the perfect time to plant Cool Season Annuals for a quick pick me up color show after a cold winter. Larkspur, Poppies, Bells of Ireland, Calendula, Clarkia, and Love-in-the-Mist are great choices for your spring garden.
Heirloom Annuals
Welcome heirloom annuals back into the garden. Blending seamlessly with perennials and shrubs, old fashioned annuals will inject a long lasting blast of color into your garden.

