Adding cool-season color with winter annuals in North Florida gardens

Ben Hoffner UF/IFAS Extension – Jefferson Winter may not seem like the ideal time to plant a garden, but in North Florida, the cooler months provide an excellent opportunity to replace fading summer color with cool-season annuals. Cooler temperatures allow plants such as sweet alyssum, pansies, violas, petunias and snapdragons to grow and flower. Winter annuals offer many benefits, including bright blooms during the cooler months and seasonal interest when many other landscape plants are dor