Early Spring Flowers Annuals

Keep reading to find what early blooming spring flowers you can put in your garden. These charming annuals come in every shade of the rainbow, and their tiny “faces” are adorable.

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Slender annuals with funnel or globe shape flowers in white, pinks, reds and salmon.

Early spring flowers annuals. A classic cottage garden flower, snapdragon thrives in early spring’s cool temperatures. (summer flowering bulbs can be planted in spring.) irises. Chocolate lace flower, bupleurum, queen anne’s lace and honewort.

Up to 4′ tall and wide. Petunias —colorful annual plants that grow in full sun and bloom continuously from spring until fall. Plant extra so you can snip stems to fill vases.

Coneflower (echinacea) —the plant has large blossoms with a long flowering time from summer to fall. My recommendation is to use early spring annuals and biennials that will tolerate these conditions as a way to revive your landscape. Keep in mind that flowers may be a bit ragged after such cold but the plants should come through fine.

Early spring flowers are a big draw for pollinators including returning butterflies. Stick the trowel into soil, and pull the handle forward, creating a hole behind the blade. When it comes to early flowering plants, most people think of bulbs.

Additional annuals that tolerate cold. The early spring bulbs need to be planted in the fall in order for them to get the period of cold that is needed for establishing the plants. Some types rebound in the fall or drop seeds to pop up again on their own next spring.

Pansies, snapdragon, dianthus, alyssum, and osteospermum are plants that will bloom their hearts out in cool conditions and tolerate some frost. Slip the annual from its container and drop it into the hole, firming soil around the plant. This method works best with loose soil.

While some snapdragon varieties have a shorter stature that’s perfect for planting beds, ‘maryland lavender’ is a cutting variety that soars 32 to 60 inches tall. Lavender —a small flowering shrub that blooms all summer and comes back every year. There are a few early spring flower bulbs that can bloom even before the snow is gone.

Those annuals that can withstand 20 degrees or so include pansies, snapdragons, dianthus, alyssum, dusty miller, viola, flowering cabbage and kale. These lovely bulbs bring a dramatic look to an early garden, and are one of the showiest. From as young as i can remember, my mother had irises growing in the early spring.

Plant violas and pansies in pots, baskets, and window boxes to brighten your early spring garden. Announcing the departure of winter with lovely pink, purple, yellow, or white petals, crocuses are one of the best early spring flowers. Always water annuals after planting.

Planted from corms (swollen stem bases, a little like tubers), crocuses also range in size from delicate blooms to more showy versions. Other wonderful hardy annuals worth mentioning include:

prim roses my early spring favorite! Pretty flowers