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Spring has sprung, but
the weather keeps going back and forth from cold to warm. So, if you’re
ready to plant a few container gardens to start adding a little color to
your deck or patio, but not sure what will take these temperature
fluctuations, here’s are a few plants to consider!
There are several
plants, both annual and perennial, that are very cold hardy, and will give
your containers great color early spring through late fall, especially when
planted together for a combination planter.
In the cold tolerant
annual category, you’ll find
-Stock…tough annual,
great colors, and wonderful fragrant blooms
-Snapdragons…again great colors
-Nemesia…with these small but very profuse flowers
-Osteospermum, great foliage and flowers
-Alyssum…low growing and full of flowers
-and Dusty miller with its great silvery foliage
Again, all annuals that
are very good at tolerating colder temperatures yet will flower all summer
long and into the fall.
And don’t forget
perennials
Primrose with early
colors and attractive foliage
Euphorbias of all types,
some which flower but noted for their foliages
Coral Bells…again a
flowering perennial, yet really outstanding with these many colors of
foliage…again these foliage colors last all season long.
And many grasses are
available, as well as colorful sedges.
And don’t forget
pansies…great spring colors, and very cold tolerant.
Put these cold tough
plants together and you can have an assortment of wonderful combination
planters, that will tolerate the ups and downs of spring temperatures, last
all summer, and keep right on going…all the way into fall. |
