06
April
2015

Cold Color Choices

CCC Combinations

There’s a common myth that you cannot sell color in the colder weeks of April but it’s simply not true—the market is certainly there. As the warm weather returns, early birds start to garden and frankly, a lot of folks just want to put an end to the long, hard winter.

A garden center that offers a strong selection of early color attracts the first customers of the season and often captures those all-important return visits. For landscapers, planting fresh color is an early spring maintenance service that helps kick-start cash flow before the grass business swings into gear.

Here is a short list of cold-tolerant material from our inventory that we are shipping this week. Remember, these are just highlights—we have more colors, cultivars, and types in our greenhouses.

At the bottom of the list we break out the early spring vegetables. Several varieties need to start in cool weather for the best performance. Cold nights actually work to your favor, so sell them now:

CCC Alyssums

Alyssum

  • ‘Easter Bonnet Peach’

CCC Daff

Bulbs:

  • Yellow Daffodil
  • Blue Hyacinth
  • Pink Tulip

CCC Combinations

Combination:

  • 10-inch Cottage Garden Bowl

CCC Ideal Violet

Dianthus

  • ‘Super Parfait Raspberry’ (bicolor)
  • ‘Ideal Select Violet’

CCC Blue Mohawk

Juncus

  • ‘Blue Mohawk’

CCC Snow Princess

Lobularia

  • ‘Snow Princess’

CCC Matrix Jewel

Pansy

  • Matrix® Jewels Mix
  • ‘Delta Premium True Blue’

CCC Montego Yellow

Snapdragon

  • ‘Montego Yellow’
  • ‘Speedy Sonnet Crimson’

CCC Jump Up

Viola

  • ‘Sorbet White Jump-Up’

CCC Blights

And a garden of Early Spring Vegetables:

  • Cabbage ‘Red Jewel’
  • Eggplant ‘Satin Beauty’
  • Mustard ‘Mizuna Green’
  • Swiss Chard ‘Bright Lights’
  • Kale ‘Blue Curled Vates’
  • Lettuce ‘City Garden Blend’
  • Strawberry ‘Ozark Beauty’