Spring?

[ramseycat]

When do you plant flowers? In NY we would do it Memorial Day weekend. But since it gets warm here so much earlier I don't know when a good time to start. I'm going to get flower boxes that hang on the deck rail.

[Maggot]

It snowed today.

[ramseycat]

Well then...

[Maggot]

I'm hating flowers right now and want to kick a flock of them but yours would be to high up so their safe.

[Duchess]

Give it another 2-3 weeks, Ramsey. Your last frost date is around April 10. You don't want to invest in a few flats of flowers only to lose them to a late frost.

[ramseycat]

I was thinking middle to the end of April. I'll ask around too and see what people say.

[Duchess]

Are you familiar with planting zones?

What are you intending to plant? I'm only curious cause I am dying to sink my fingers into potting soil. I really like overflowing planters bursting with color. I don't ever follow the rules of planting so many inches apart.

[ramseycat]

Not really. I'm going to ask what grows well when I go to the nursery. I love having lots of flowers. I'm going to have 5 or 6 boxes on the deck rail. A pot on the front porch. And then in the flower beds along the front of the house.

[Maggot]

What are you planting? You can just say colors if you want.

[ramseycat]

Flowers. Colored flowers.

[sally]

Roses do the best for me, they bloom all year long here. I have a few different types and the mini ones work well in planters. Knock Out roses are also very hearty and low maintenance, here in Florida anyway.

[Maggot]

...........this is amazing!