Bedding Plants

It's definitely not too early to plant. Frost date is may 15th for our zone, but I don't think there will be another frost until fall.

Annuals are available at all the local nurseries.

PenningsLandscaping ✉
May '15

I planted already - yup, Nosila - that's where I got my first batch.

5catmom ✉
May '15

Godlewsky's has the best selection of annuals. Well Sweep has the best selection of perennials. Well Sweep does generally cost more though. I buy my annuals and most of my perennials at Godlwesky's and fill in with a couple of special perennial items from Well Sweep. These days I've been tending to swap more and more. This year it maybe strictly a couple annuals for planters, and a hanging basket or two. With enough perennials you eventually just have stock to spread more of them around.

I know the conventional wisdom is to plant now, but there is always that one year with the unexpected cold night. It only has to be that extra cold once a year to cause a really big problem. Personally, I don't plant until Memorial Day. The plants you go to buy are usually a bit bigger and healthier if you wait.

Put June 6 on your calendar if you don't have it already. Well Sweep does their annual Open House with lectures and demonstrations. Donaldson's does "Perennial Fest" with sample garden's and lectures.

GC ✉
May '15

Mariann - It's listed in their greenhouse map (see web site). They almost always have it in hanging baskets and other planters. A lot of the planters it's mixed with other things, and that may be the case with some baskets too. It's listed in their regular annuals too, but I don't really remember seeing it sold that way most years.

GC ✉
May '15