The planting of cool-season bedding plants is in full swing. They will provide color in the fall, through the winter and in a grand display in spring. Cool-season bedding plants enjoy mild to chilly weather and will tolerate the freezing temperatures that occur in winter.

Since some warm-season bedding plants may still be hanging in there, you can delay planting cool-season flowers for a few more weeks. But it’s best to get them in by early December. While they can be planted as late as March, planting in the fall gives you the most bang for your buck, since you will enjoy flowers from now until April or May. And fall-planted bedding plants put on the best display in the spring.

On occasion, we find ourselves pulling up warm-season bedding plants that are still blooming to make way for t

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