Brace yourself for a flurry of fun with this roundup of the best snow puns and snow jokes!
05.08.2024 - 15:20 / balconygardenweb.com / Ralph Astley
The colder months of the year take away the blooms of most plants, but not all! Instead of waiting till spring and summer for sunny blossoms, we suggest you grow these flowers in August for a spectacular display of blooms in fall!
Botanical Name: Chrysanthemums
Mums are members of the Daisy family and, therefore, share the same floral beauty. While most other flowers perish, the showy, colorful, radial blooms with many florets begin to show off their true form in the fall.
You can plant Mums around August to feast your eyes upon the flowers, which typically last from late September to frost. They prefer organic soil with full sun, although they can tolerate some shade. Do not hold back on deadheading, as this will only encourage more blooms.
Botanical Name: Viola tricolor
A herbaceous perennial that will glorify your garden in the spooky season is pansy! Growing up to 10 inches tall, they have colorful blooms, with certain cultivars having upto three different hues in a single blossom. Pansies love cool weather, and hence, they bloom profusely during winter in southern regions and late summer to fall in the northern parts of the USA.
Plant them in moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soils and full sun for showy, edible blooms.
Botanical Name: Tagetes spp.
While you can grow marigolds almost year-round in frost-free climates, August is an ideal for planting moderately cool, temperate and warm regions, down to USDA Zone 5. This way these flowers bloom throughout the fall until first expected frost.
Marigolds do well both in pots and ground, in almost all soil types as long as they get full sun for at least six hours a day.
Botanical Name: Symphyotrichum spp.
Asters have light green to reddish brown stems covered in fine hairs and
Brace yourself for a flurry of fun with this roundup of the best snow puns and snow jokes!
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