Flowers for the Second Season Garden

In mild winter areas of the country you can plant flowers now that thrive in the cooler weather. They face less competition from weeds and pests and winter rains can lessen garden work.

Flowers planted with vegetables attract beneficial insects and pollinators to the garden. Some of my favorites for the cool season vegetable garden include calendulas, violas, cornflowers and larkspur. They cheer me as I work among the vegetables.

Here are some of the flowers you can grow in the cool season garden:
Agrostemma
Alyssum
Bishop’s Lace
Calendula
Corinth
Clarkia
Cornflowers
Forget-Me-Not
Foxgloves
Larkspur
Nigella
Pansies
Poppies
Snapdragons
Stock
Sweet Peas
Violas

Thanks to Renees Garden Seeds for this list. Check their website for these flowers seeds or your local nursery for seeds or starts..

Larkspur and bolted radicchio in my vegetable garden.