Warm Season Annual Flowers and Vegetables
- As we experienced last weekend – still just a little early for planting outside.
- Creek Side’s greenhouse crops are maturing now as we will have some early selections available by next week.
- Stop by the greenhouse to see what is coming up.
Plant Pansies and Cool Season Annual Flowers
- To be successful with outdoor flowers and plants at this time of the year, consider plants that naturally like cool temperatures.
- Pansies and violas love our cool bright spring weather conditions. Temperatures into the lower to mid-20’s may burn the flowers, but they can be removed and new flower buds will take their place and keep blooming.
- Especially when planted in containers, pansies are the most colorful annuals to plant for the early spring season. Not to mention, container gardens can be tucked up beside the house or even pulled into the garage if an especially nasty storm rolls in.
- Add snapdragons (short or tall), dianthus, alyssum and dusty miller with a spike and vinca vine to diversify your planting design. All suitable for cool temperatures. Water and fertilize regularly to keep them growing vigorously through the spring into summer.
Plant Perennial Flowers
- Creek Side grows over 400 varieties of perennials right on site in our nice, cool greenhouses down on the creek. They are acclimated to our climate and ready to grow as soon as we plant them into their pots.
- The varieties chosen at Creek Side are especially good for growing in the hot, dry Rocky Mountain region. Plants like Agastache, Echinacea, Delosperma, Penstemon, Coreopsis are available in several different colors.
- Check out the varieties from Plant Select, the collaboration between Colorado State University and the Denver Botanic Gardens to introduce brand new perennial varieties developed especially for our region. You will find over 35 Plant Select selections at Creek Side.
Plant Cool Season Vegetables
- Cool season vegetable crops should be planted in April. They will tolerate frosty temperatures and grow best when the temperatures are cool.
- This group includes lettuce and leafy greens, radishes, carrots, beets, peas, onions, potato, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and kale among others.
- Direct sow seeds into the ground for lettuce and greens, radishes, carrots, beets, peas.
- Use starter plants for cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, rhubarb, onions sets and potato tubers. This will result in a much earlier harvest than sowing seeds for these crops directly outdoors.
