Rolling into the month of March, most of we avid gardeners are feeling like we are ready to get going in the garden. Best bet is to continue with garden clean-up and preparation. Cut back your ornamental grasses. Remove large pieces of garden debris. Add compost to the soil.
But if you are anxious to be the first person on your block with flowers on your porch, we have a couple of suggestions for you to consider planting over the next several weeks.
Pansies
To be successful with outdoor flowers and plants at this time of the year, consider plants that naturally like cool temperatures. Pansies love our cool bright spring weather conditions. Especially when planted in containers, they 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 (which is very possible). But generally, they can take the early spring weather conditions!
Creek Side has a beautiful Grown Fresh™ batch of pansies just beginning to bloom in 6-paks and ready for planting now! Especially useful in a container for your front porch or placed in an area that you can see from inside the house while looking out the window.
Our pansy bowls and hanging baskets will be ready for sale in another couple of weeks. In addition to pansies, consider snapdragons, dianthus, alyssum, and dusty miller. Creek Side will have these plants ready in 6-paks by early April.
Perennials
Early season perennials, shrubs and trees may be planted now if they are watered on a regular as needed basis. A Creek Side specialty, our Grown Fresh™ perennial crop is really looking great this year. Over 400 varieties have been planted including many Plant Select varieties, which have been specifically chosen by CSU and The Denver Botanic Gardens for our climate. Our growing experts are getting them ready for you by turning the temperatures down, so they are conditioned for your garden.
It’s easy to identify the early season perennials because some of them have already begun blooming. Stop by the store to check out the columbine, basket of gold, primrose, poppies and rock cress.
Creek Sides best selection of trees and shrubs will be available beginning mid-late April. Stop by at that time to shop for these plants.
