10 Solutions for Cool Weather Plantings
Tired of planting plain ole pansies for all of your early season projects? We have ten fun alternatives available in every color of the rainbow--perfect for the landscape or a bright patio container combination. Prepare to be inspired! Click the plant names to learn more about each individual variety.
![]() Solution #1: Bright Lights™ Double MoonglowIt’s a sure sign of spring when retailers line their benches with colorful pots of Osteospermum daisies. These cheerful bloomers can't help but bring smiles to gardeners' faces and a bright splash of color to their newly planted containers. All of the Osteospermum varieties from Proven Winners are early to bloom in spring yet they also have improved heat tolerance, blooming along with other annuals throughout the summer months and into fall in most climates. Use them as winter flowering annuals in the sunbelt states and as early season color from north to south. |
![]() Solution #2: Aromance® Mulberry™With masses of blooms in deliciously warm shades of Cranberry, Blood Orange, Lemon, Coconut, or Aromance™ Pink. Nemesias are the perfect plants to bring the spring garden back to life again. Their attractive upright habit makes them useful as fillers in combination containers and hanging baskets where they will thrive from spring through fall with no deadheading needed. Thriving in landscape or raised bed plantings, these gems will perform well into the late fall, and may be the last flowering annuals in color before any heavy frosts. |
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Solution #5: Lobularia Snow Princess® sweet alyssum is vigorous, floriferous, and heat tolerant. Blushing Princess® duplicates the garden performance of Snow Princess but with a twist—her flowers open white and then turn silvery lavender. These big, showy bloomers make enormous hanging baskets and work well as a groundcover too. Though they perform admirably as cool-season annuals, they continue to be a blooming powerhouse through the summer heat and well into fall. Dark Knight™ is an exceptionally dark purple selection that provides early color and is extremely cold tolerant but can take the heat too. If purple’s not your color, try a more restrained white flowered sweet alyssum called White Knight®. |
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Solution #7: Supertunia Vista® Jazzberry®This is a superb all-weather plant, thanks to its ability to adapt to temperature fluctuations and exceptional heat tolerance. This resilient variety showcases a profusion of dazzling fuchsia flowers that create a striking visual impact from planting to frost. Its robust growth habit and continuous blooming make it an ideal choice for adding a pop of color to your garden or containers. |
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