When you visit your local garden center, you see plants everywhere in mid-season splendor. But with the threat of cold and frost still lingering, what should you be planting now in your yard?
CLEVELAND — Green and growing things are all around us now. Our yards are alive with spring-blooming trees and shrubs. The tulips and daffodils still look great after a week of cold, rain and even snow.
As for annual flowers, it's too early to plant those petunias and other Summer bloomers in your cold ground. They will be stunted for sure, and a few days of heavy rains will swamp them out. Not to mention the threat of frost still looms until the third or fourth week of May. There's lots to do this weekend in the vegetable garden. Cool-weather crops like lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, and peas can be planted this weekend. Grab some beet and carrot seeds and plant those this weekend, along with radishes. These all love cool weather and can handle chilly nights in the 30s. Of course, root crops such as onions and potatoes benefit from planting in April or early May.
These plants may look great in the garden center greenhouse right now, but they will almost certainly perish until the ground temperatures are much warmer.
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