We turned our clocks ahead and it’s time to wake up from winter and spring forward. Don’t let the fear of frost and snow stop you! Cold-tolerant annuals can take temperatures down to the mid-30s. Senetti pericallis plants provide vivid color in shades of purple, blue, red and magenta. These electric daisies from Suntory Flowers will brighten your days with ease.
They enjoy the same cool conditions as pansies. Mix them with perennials to add height and texture. Flowering bulbs are a nice early spring choice, too. Last spring, Dave Williams, a garden retail consultant and photographer in Westfield, NJ, planted stunning planters incorporating perennials as thrillers and spillers. Check out these lovely combinations.
Mad for Magenta
Senetti Magenta creates a solid mound of concentrated color. Bleeding hearts (dicentra) dance whimsically above while pussy willows add height. Around the rim, lamium provides frosty foliage while pink bacopa trails.
Rhapsody in Blue
Truly blue flowers bring beauty and serenity. Senetti Baby Blue is a more compact variety that is very tough and holds up to the elements. A bronze heuchera provides texture and contrast while a trailing lobelia carries the color scheme.
Blooming Fireworks
Another compact variety, Baby Magenta Bicolor, tucks into a well-balanced arrangement nicely. Foam flowers (tiarella) look like sparklers, while pussy willow stems extend the excitement vertically. Frosty lamium and pink bacopa trail. A vibrant single-flowered stock (matthiola) balances the blooms.
Absolutely Swoonworthy
Senetti Blue Spoon is a delightful novelty. Spoon-shaped petals radiate from white quills, like mini Ferris wheels. Clusters of Amsonia star flowers shine above and frosty lamium anchors the base, while blue lobelia trails.
One thing that’s nice about large container plantings is you can keep changing them as the season progresses, swap out what’s no longer looking good, replant perennials in the ground. Having more soil volume makes the entire arrangement more forgiving and low maintenance, if you forget to water.
Senetti plants can be cut back for a fresh flush of blooms, but they will go out of flower during the summer months and temperatures stay above 80. It is possible to see the plants rebloom in September, when temperatures cool again.
Now is the time to look for Senetti at retail. For more information about Senetti pericallis plants, visit suntorygardenclub.com.
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