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Old 01-21-2014, 06:26 AM
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You can plant pansies or violas for winter color. They grow beautifully in this weather. Just make sure to add a lot of good soil amendments to the native soil. The flowers will do well untill the heat comes in May. I have my whole front borders planted in pansies, sweet alyssum, dianthus and some other cold hardy flowers. I planted them among the shrubs as well as along the edges in a mass planting of color. I fertilize then every two weeks with Miracle Grow or you could use Osmocote. I just added a new patch last week and I got the pansies at Home Depot. Lowes probably has them too.

I am from New Hampshire and I am enjoying my 'Winter Garden!" I tore out my summer Vinca flowers in November to make way for the pansies, et al.