10 COOL SEASON Flowers that LOVE MILD WINTERS: and HOW TO GROW them

Although summers are hot in the low desert, our winters are mild. Several beautiful flowers grow well during the mild winter and bloom through early spring. In this video, I share my 10 favorite cool-season flowers that love Arizona winters. Keep watching to the end for my honorable-mention choices for flowers that grow well during mild winters.

Introduction 00:00
How to Grow Ranunculus 01:16
How to Grow Sweet Peas 02:21
How to Grow Nasturtium 03:22
How to Grow Poppies 04:25
How to Grow Lobelia 05:28
How to Grow Bachelor Buttons 06:18
How to Grow Snapdragon 07:02
How to Grow Larkspur 07:38
How to Grow Calendula 08:27
How to Grow Foxglove 09:32
Extra Flowers 10:18

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[hollysharvest]

I just love your channel so much! I live in a part of inland Southern California that has a very similar climate to where you live (summers over 100 degrees for about 4-5 months, mild winters, low rainfall), and it has been so hard to find accurate gardening information...until I found you. :-)

[joydavis]

Such a great video. Love all the flowers. My grandfather was a WWII vet, so I’ll definitely be planting red poppies. ❤

[laurentheheiress]

Dianthus does really well year round. I noticed tons of blooms during SoCal winter with dianthus aka pinks.

[kellic]

Thank you for this! I’m in Tempe and I am SO much more excited for fall gardening than I was this time last year - it was so hard to watch my garden suffering in that heat! Anyway, one of my absolute faves from last year that was super easy to grow wereCalifornia bluebells. The blue was even more vibrant than my larkspur and bachelor buttons and they lasted for a decent amount of time even as the heat came. I saved a bunch of seed but I’m going to plant in a different area as I am curious to see if they return in the original location on their own.
💙🌱

[laurasennott]

I just found your channel while looking for worm composting info, so glad I did! This is so helpful, I’m in zone 8a, nice to learn from someone who has similar weather. Thanks!

[janets]

Thank you SO MUCH. This is my kind of post!🌷

[andymelero]

I love that I can hear a Lesser Goldfinch singing in the background. We have them all over our garden here in California.
Thank you for sharing

[shandarolls]

Northern CA…have had great success with Calif poppies and of course nasturtiums both of which come in many colors besides traditional orange

[garden_geek]

African daisies!

And now I’m fighting the urge to buy more flower seeds lol

[cajungirlgardens]

So so glad to have found this information- I’m in zone 9a South Louisiana and would love to plant cool flowers - yours is the closest I’ve found to my zone, so I’m hoping some of these could work for me? Love all the details you provide for each too!

[rebeccacron]

Would love a video on hollyhocks specifically. Your content keeps getting better and better, cant tell you how any people I send to your instagram when they ask about my garden!

[thebusybrownangel]

Another great video! Thanks for the floral suggestions 💚

[johnborges]

Mild winters but pretty different conditions on the northern Gulf Coast (primarily in that winter is our wet season, and it's … well, it gets wet!), but I have had good luck with cyclamen here - though it does need excellent drainage. I imagine mild desert winter conditions might have even better success. Also, in the way of edibles, I find that parsley prefers cool season conditions but just melts away in the summer heat.

Great and useful content!

[dianaanderson]

What about Columbine? I don't have much knowledge but my Mother gave me two seed packets. They prefer cool weather and says it takes 365 days to bloom. But let me tell you they look so beautiful 😍 I will be sowing these this Fall and hopefully make my Mama proud! (In a year) 🤣

[brianschnare]

Great choices…really hard to pick a top ten…I would include Anemone de Caen, Nemesia, Swiss Giant Pansy, Iceland Poppy, Annual Phlox and Viscaria.

[mariyaatanasova]

Foxgloves are not difficult to start from seed. They self seed a lot. I have 10 that self seeded with zero care on my part. However my soil is continuously moist as the UK climate is temperate rainforest type. They do not do well in very dry and sandy soils. I have started them from seed when it comes to cultivars like Pam's split. They did well in yogurt pot with fertile soil and a plastic lid. They seem to like higher humidity as seedlings. Once established they can cope with drier soil and air. I handle the leaf and the seeds without any issue. Unless you have a cut and the white milky sap of older leaves get in the wound you won't get poisoned. Of course you cannot eat it same for the pets. Foxgloves should never be eaten. Handling them is safe if no one wound.

[ponygirl]

Hi Angela. Love this content. Question: Ranunculus- corms, are they perennial or annual? If perennial, do I leave them in the garden or remove? Thank you & I love the calendar.👍🥰🧑‍🌾

[ConstantPraise]

Hi Angela! 👋 I desperately needed this info as I'm wanting to grow calendula from seed. I'm in zone 8a and will have to research more on planting time etc. Thanks so much once again! 😊

[CRlifeisgood]

I love petunias . Fast and early blooms. Profusely bloom too

[GreenLove]

Thanks for ideas on flowers to grow, we have mild winters here in Northern California, so I am hoping you recommendations will work for me as well. Just subscribed to your channel... What great content, am going to binge watch some more videos now. Thanks !!