Select plants for cool-season success as you think about how to stretch the enjoyment of your garden.

Rosa 'Carefree Wonder'
This well-shaped shrub rose produces a profusion of 3 to 4 inch semi-double flowers in two flushes each year.

Eranthis hyemalis
Little yellow flowers bloom in early spring, even when there's still snow on the ground.

Viola pansy
The stuff of legend and lore, there's room in every garden for a least a few members of the Viola genus.

Petunia
Few annuals are as easy to grow, dependable, versatile, or as varied in form as petunias.

Sweet Pea
Prized for their pretty, intensely fragrant flowers, most sweet peas are grown as cool-season annual vines.