Spring is around the corner

Spring is right around the corner.

Here is a list of perenneial and annual plants to provide your home or landscape with great color during spring.

First Perennials.
Ajuga Plants - Purplish/brownish in color grown for their foliage easy to grow and propagate. Can be used as ground cover.
Black Eyed Susan - Usually yellow daisy like blooms with large black center they do better in full sun.
Coral Bells - Fantastic foliage color in spring and fall. Flowers bloom in late spring.
Coreopsis - Beautiful yellow, red and pink blooms that will last from last spring till fall. They do not like moist soil let dry before watering again.
Daylily Plants - Daylillies are easy plants to grow from deep dark red to light pink blooms. Cut down during the cold season and they will pop right up in spring
Columbine - Easy to go grow perennial usually multi colored but some species are gold in color.
Penstemon - Long limbs with beautiful small like petal blooms. Full sun and good drainage will work best.
Rose of Sharon - Large purple, white, pink blooms from late spring until late fall in the southwest. Can be trimmed into a small tree.
Salvia - Long spiky like blooms that shoot straight up beautiful reds, purple, violet blue and even white.
Thyme Plants - Evergreen shrub with blue violet bloom all season long. Drought tolerant once established easy low maintenance plant.
Yarrow - A good ground cover plant usually with yellow cloud like blooms. Some species come in red easy to propagate. Plant in full sun but can tolerate some shade.

Now Annuals

Pansies - Wide species with numerous colors. Good in containers and will survive light frost and snow. They start to droop during hot summer months.
Impatients - Bright colored blooms from reds to whites. They do well in shady areas, including hot summer months.
Gazania - Beautiful multi colored blooms
Cosmos - Beautiful yellow, red and pink blooms that will last from last spring till fall.
California Poppy - These Poppies do best in cooler tempertures. They come in yellow, white, scarlet, red, bright orange. They do well in spring and fall months.
Petunia - Excellent in hanging baskets or containers they like to be watered and fertilized often.
Daisy - Easy care annual usually yellow with dark middle. Plant them in full sun for good growth.
Viola - These plants are actually pansies. Numerous multi colored blooms but with smaller petals.
Coleus - Several species to choose from. They like shade and are grown for their foliage rather than blooms.
Geraniums - Perfect for flower beds, containers, and hanging baskets. They do not like temperatures below 30% farenheight. Fertilize this plant at least once per month during spring thru fall season.

Don't forget to ask for some of these spring plants at your local nursery.
If you live in the Las Cruces area be sure to visit Guzman's Garden Centers.
Spring Gardening Color
http://www.guzmansgreenhouse.com