Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Type of soil around 466a favorite winter flowering plants
View Single Post
 
Old 05-23-2012, 11:29 PM
NJblue NJblue is offline
Gold member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,276
Thanks: 4
Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts
Default

My favorite winter annuals are pansies and snap dragons. Both laugh at the cold weather and bloom constantly from Oct/Nov through April/May. Even though it's almost June, my snap dragons still are blooming a bit.


This past winter was very mild, so a lot of shrubs which quit blooming in previous winters continued to bloom - but I wouldn't count on it.


By far, most of the soil in our area around 466A is sand, but I have a few spots that are clay, which, when dry, is like concrete. When moistened it can be worked.