Some Like It Cold
Oct 05, 2021
4 minutes
—James A. Baggett
Stretch your gardening year by planting cool-season plants in fall or early spring when temperatures are too chilly for more tender bloomers. Both pansies and snapdragons are charming tucked into flower beds or containers. I love them planted in masses, but when combined with other cool-weather-lovers, they have a special magic that can’t be beat. Check out these combos to see what I mean.
Pansies are cold hardy in zones 5 to 10, while snapdragons will reliably survive winters in USDA zones 7 to 10. In these regions, they’re often planted in the fall, when they bloom from winter into spring before succumbing
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