Cool Season Flowers

For many regions, these annuals can be planted in the fall, then overwinter and bloom in the spring. When planting these flowers in cool weather, they become well established and grow a strong root system. The result? You'll have spectacular, thriving flowers in the spring and enjoy gorgeous blooms all season!

Know your zone! Below is a listing of how to handle different cool season flowers depending on your planting zone, and time accordingly. Many growers will trial with row covers, to try and push a plant in a cooler zone, give it a try!

Early Spring Plantings: Direct sow or transplant 6-8 weeks before your last frost date.
Fall Plantings: Direct sow or transplant 6-8 weeks before your first frost date and use a single layer of row covers for best results. 

In Zone 5 and higher plant the following in fall or early spring. For fall plantings, use a single layer of row covers for best results.
Foxglove: Direct sow or Transplant
Rudbeckia: Direct sow or Transplant
Bupleurum: Direct sow
Campanula: Transplant

In Zone 6 and higher plant the following in fall or early spring. For fall plantings, use a single layer of row covers for best results.
Love in a mist: Direct sow
Larkspur: Direct sow
Bachelor Buttons: Direct sow

Snapdragon: Transplant 

In Zone 7 and higher plant the following in fall or early spring. For fall plantings, use a single layer of row covers for best results.
Ammi: Direct sow or Transplant
Bells of Ireland: Direct sow or Transplant
Agrostemma: Direct sow
Delphinium: Transplant
Daucus: Direct sow or Transplant
Orn Kale: Transplant
Lisianthus: Transplant
Pansy: Transplant
Scabiosa: Transplant
Calendula: Direct sow or Transplant