| When you are planning out your planting calendar | | | | muddy either. Dormant bare root plants need to |
| for your outdoor flower garden, there are several | | | | wake up slowly with the season and this is the |
| things that you need to keep in mind. Two of the | | | | perfect way to do this. If you have to store the |
| main factors are what type of plant you are | | | | plant before planting it, you want to keep it in a |
| planting and what type of climate that you live in, | | | | cool, dark place, but only for a couple of days. |
| as these will both be very important factors in | | | | Get it in the ground as soon as possible and keep |
| your planting schedule. Another thing to factor in | | | | it out of warm areas or else the root may start |
| is the current weather as every year can be | | | | to grow before you have a chance to transplant. |
| different. If you have early spring plants, you may | | | | Container Grown Perennial Plants |
| have to hold off on planting them until you are | | | | If the container grown perennial has been grown |
| sure that the last frost is gone if it's a particularly | | | | outdoors, you can transplant it as soon as you |
| cold year. The best time to start your flower | | | | purchase it, assuming that the ground is workable. |
| garden varies depending on the type of plant as | | | | Those which have been grown in a greenhouse, |
| well. | | | | however, need time to adapt to the outdoor |
| Annuals | | | | conditions. These can be hardened by setting the |
| Annual plants are those that need to be planted | | | | pot out in the sun each morning and keeping it in |
| again every year. These are more delicate plants | | | | a more protected area during the remainder of |
| and you need to make sure that they are planted | | | | the day and night. Make sure that it also has |
| after the last spring frost, otherwise there is a | | | | protection from the wind and the frost if it has |
| very good chance that they will freeze with the | | | | leafed out. Keep it watered enough so that the |
| next cold snap. There are a couple of exceptions | | | | soil is as moist as a wrung out sponge. After |
| which include violas and pansies. These are sold as | | | | leaving it in these conditions for a week, you can |
| cold weather annuals and can last through harsher | | | | transplant the flowers into your garden. |
| weather conditions. | | | | If you are in doubt about when to plant flowers |
| Bare Root Perennials | | | | outdoors, talk to your local nursery. Workers |
| Perennials are sold either as bare root plants or | | | | there will know all about proper planting times or |
| container grown. If you have purchased a | | | | will have the means to find out. The tags that |
| dormant bare root plant, as soon as you can | | | | come with most flowers will also give you a good |
| work the ground, you can plant it. This is when | | | | idea of when they should be placed in the ground. |
| the soil is no longer frozen but not wet and | | | | |