​This is the time of year when eager gardeners want to get planting. The perennials are up, some are already flowering.  These are considered “hardy” plants and can withstand late spring frosts and snow. Most of the beautifully blooming bedding plants and overflowing flowering container plants we grow as annuals.  Many of these are called “tender” and have little or no tolerance to frost. 

Plant labels often have this warning “plant after all danger of frost has passed”. Each May we try to determine when that last spring frost will fall. It is often a gamble to know when those frost sensitive plants can go out. 

Click Here to read more of Lorraine's tips on protecting frost-sensisitve plants.