Spring is a great time to add color to your garden

Supermarkets and garden centers have a wide variety of cheap flats of annual flowers this time of year. A few can add color to your garden for the entire season. Some annuals, like sweet alyssum only bloom in the spring. But, others such as zinnias, giant blue salvia, cosmos and marigolds bloom until frost. Just remember to cut some for your house of remove the dead flowerheads. It shouldn’t take more than ten minutes every week or two.