In a recent column I made fun of pansies — a floppy flower with a bad name — and asked readers to give me their favorite cold-resistant plants for tarting up brown, shaggy containers.
Hardy cyclamen is much prettier than pansies and primroses and better named, reader Sue Cross told me. Other good suggestions from Sue: hellebores (even more fun to say, she says) and bulbs, including daffodils, species tulips, crocus and snowdrops.
Nurturing a fabulous spring container? Tell me about it or better yet, send a photo.
A description and photos of hardy cyclamen: http://www.hort.cornell.edu/4hplants/Flowers/Cyclamen.html
More on cold-resistant plants for containers: http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/03/15/100hg_hg7smith001.cfm
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