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Cool-Season Bedding Plants

Columbine – Swan series
These very beautiful, short-lived perennials grown as cool-season annuals deserve a place in every flower garden.

Delphinium ‘Diamonds Blue’
This cool-colored and cold-hardy plant can add interest to the garden throughout Louisiana winters.

Dianthus – Amazon series
Well known for the dense, vivid blooms it provides, Amazon Dianthus offers excellent fall, winter and spring color to carry you through the cool season and is an especially excellent choice for the cutting garden.

Dianthus – Jolt series
Jolt dianthus is one of the most heat-tolerant interspecific dianthus we have, making it a perfect addition to your Louisiana landscape.

Foxglove – Camelot series
Camelot series of foxgloves make an outstanding display anywhere but are great in tall borders or background plantings. Rose, Lavender, and Cream are recommended for the best performance.

Kale ‘Redbor’
Redbor kale delivers a dramatic display of red-purple foliage, adding visual interest when paired with such cool-season blooming annuals as dianthus and violas.

Muhly Grass
Muhly grass performs wonderfully as an ornamental grass throughout the spring and summer months, but the beautiful feather-like pink flowers that emerge in late summer/early fall are what attract attention.

Petunia hybrid ‘Supertunia Vista Bubblegum’
Over the past decade, it has been proven that Supertunia Vista Bubblegum is one of Louisiana’s most durable petunia varieties.

Petunia hybrid ‘Supertunia Mini Vista Indigo’
Best grown in full sun, these make an excellent addition for the cool season, providing color, texture, and appeal from November through April.

Violas – Sorbet series
Violas have been a long-time cool-season favorite and a go-to plant for the southern garden. Like its cousin, the pansy, violas can survive sub-freezing temperatures, providing vibrant color throughout the dullest months of the year when many of its counterparts in the landscape struggle to hold up.

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