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Name: Laurie b Western Washington (Zone 7b)        lauriebasler Apr 6, 2018 5:41 AM CST |
| Hi all. I am in a particularly short growing season in Washington state, and am hoping to find a few pot plants that are somewhat cold hardy and can take cooler evenings. Does anyone have any flowers you plant too early that usually make it thru just fine? I am so tired of waiting until Mothers day to fill my large empty planters!! |
Name: Gary Wyoming MN (Zone 4a)  hostasmore Apr 6, 2018 7:17 AM CST |
| Have you tried pansies or snapdragons? |
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp Opp, AL 🌵🌷⚘🌹🌻 (Zone 8b)            purpleinopp Apr 6, 2018 12:54 PM CST |
| Does "cooler" include possible frost? IDK if they would be with perennials or annuals in your area, but I've had Dianthus plants blooming literally constantly for the past 2 yrs. They are in tons of sun though. What is the exposure of your pots? 👀😁😂 - SMILE! -☺😎☻☮👌✌∞☯🐣🐦🐔🐝🍯🐾 The less I interfere, the more balance mother nature provides. 👒🎄👣🏡🍃🍂🌾🌿🍁❦❧ 🍃🍁🍂🌾🌻🌸🌼🌹🌽❀☀🌺 ☕👓 The only way to succeed is to try. |
Name: kathy Michigan Zone 4b, near St. Clair MI    katesflowers Apr 6, 2018 2:02 PM CST |
I'll put my geraniums in the ground in mid-April in my zone 4b garden and they take the cold nights great. Of course, if frost is predicted, they get covered. I noticed when I put them in early like that, they get a head start and really take off when the warm weather starts. "Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing." Shakespeare |
Name: Laurie b Western Washington (Zone 7b) lauriebasler Apr 8, 2018 3:19 AM CST |
| I have really been thinking geraniums too, Kathy. Your experience of them really getting a head start is the exact result I am hoping for. I believe alyssum and asparagus flower will be ok with April temps here. Gary, your snapdragon suggestion would never have occured to me, but it's a great idea, I love snap dragons. I will be watching for those to experiment with too. I do plan to cover them with large plastic bins on nights when ever temps near freezing. They will be in pots. so there is a risk that soil won't be as warm as garden soil. But the containers are on an aggregate patio. Perhaps that will warm the soil enough. I really should have mentioned that the pots will be in full sun, with southern exposure. Thanks for the ideas so far. guys! |
Name: Ronnie Southeastern PA (Zone 6b)            luvsgrtdanes Apr 8, 2018 1:27 PM CST |
Petunias do well in the cold and love the sun and so do calendula  It happens in a flash, but the memory of it last forever. It can not be borrowed or stolen, and it is of no earthly good until it is given away. So if in your hurry you meet someone who is too weary to smile, leave him one of yours, for no one needs a smile quite as much as he who has none to give... |
Name: Laurie b Western Washington (Zone 7b) lauriebasler Apr 12, 2018 10:53 AM CST |
| So glad to hear petunias. I am hoping to have alot of the new petunia that don't need deadheading. I am having a bit of concern that I will miss them as the only ones I can find are not labeled, and I can't be sure they are not an old variety. Anyone have a growing I can watch for in the box stores? |
Name: Laurie b Western Washington (Zone 7b) lauriebasler Apr 12, 2018 10:53 AM CST |
| So glad to hear petunias. I am hoping to have alot of the new petunia that don't need deadheading. I am having a bit of concern that I will miss them as the only ones I can find are not labeled, and I can't be sure they are not an old variety. Anyone have a grower that I can watch for in the box stores? |
Michigan (Zone 5b)   crazypetunias Apr 20, 2018 10:16 AM CST |
| "wave petunias" don't need deadheading. Most stores carry them. Dusty miller does good in the cold too - though that is considered a tender perennial actually. |
Name: Meri Taylor SD (Zone 4b)  mnmat Apr 22, 2018 7:37 AM CST |
| Supertunia is a new one that doesn't need deadheading too. Sweet peas and stock prefer cooler temps also. Altho I've never done sweet peas in pots before I don't see why they wouldn't work as long as you provide some kind of trellis for them. Mine bloomed all the way into fall even thru our week of 90 degree weather. Meri |
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