We are well into spring, and northern Arizona gardeners are bustling about preparing vegetable gardens, embedding ornamentals, planting shrubs, and anchoring in trees. Engaged in these activities ourselves, my husband and I must remind ourselves to attend to a few other necessary outdoor tasks.
In northern Arizona, two cultivars capable of blooming from mid-spring to summer are violas and pansies. As long as I keep mine between 33 and 80 degrees and give them sunshine and moisture, they will embellish my walkway admirably. However, I have to remember to move them into a partially shaded area this time of year if I want them to thrive through at least part of the summer.
Cindy Murray is a biologist and has been a Coconino Master Gardener since 2010. She is married and has two amazing grown children and two grown grandchildren. This column was edited by Lisa Miller.
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