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Spring 2019
Add a Little Color MARK ANDERSON owner, Anderson’s Seed and Garden
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IT SEEMS LIKE it’s been forever since there was blooming color in my yard, but only five months have passed since the first hard frost of fall finished off our gorgeous flowers from summer. Those long winter months seem to last an eternity, and despite my valiant attempts to brighten up the “indoor garden” with amaryllis bulbs, succulents, and a few mini greenhouses full of micro greens, I can’t wait any longer for spring to arrive. After all that white outside, green is amazing, but when do I get to start enjoying that amazing color of flowers in my yard? If you planned ahead last fall, you
could have snowdrops and crocus bulbs blooming shortly after the snow disappears, with daffodils and tulips soon to follow. Nothing screams spring more than flowering bulbs in bloom! For everyone who neglected to plant bulbs (put it on your calendar for September so you don’t forget this year!), March is the beginning of flower season. Despite our most positive hopes, Cache Valley’s average last frost usually occurs around May 20. So, what flowers can we plant and enjoy that can handle the frost until the true colors of summer arrive? Early blooming flowers that can tolerate frost, shade, and anything else Mother Nature may throw at them abound. For
annuals, watch for new colors and styles of pansies and primroses: ruffled pansies, trailing pansies, double primroses, and new color palettes have hit local greenhouses in the last few years. Don’t forget about Gerbera Daisies, too. Some other cold-tolerant annuals include Symphony or Osteo-type daisies, Diascia, Geraniums, and Nemesia. These can all produce eye-catching, vibrant colors that stand out in any landscape. Have you ever seen a Hellebores in full bloom in March? Few perennial flowers display such delicate, unusual colored flowers that tolerate snow, wind, and cold like the Lenten Rose. More than a handful of perennial flowers bloom early in
Feed your family for $35 a year. We’re serious when we say you can feed your family for a year on $35-worth of vegetable seeds. If you have a 50X50 foot garden (2500 square feet), we can help you fill it with about $35-worth of vegetable seeds. All it takes is a little effort and a little know-how. Come on in before spring planting is here. We’ll provide the know-how, and you can make the effort.
4-pack of flowering pansies regular $1.99, with coupon $1.39. Limit of 6. One coupon per household.
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