It’s cold, it’s wet, it’s snowy, it’s depressing – we need a project to look forward to!

Fortunately, planning a garden is exactly the type of project that gets your mind racing and lifts your spirits high. Just think about all the colors that can start peeking out of your garden, your terrace pots, your windowboxes as soon as February!

We’ve compiled a list of a few perennials that will not only bring the colors and the good vibes, but they’ll also support your local pollinators – bringing them support and sustenance after these barren grey months.

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Spring Jardin: RHS suggestions for Perennials for Pollinators

• Groundcover
• Shade/Sun
• Flowering: Blue
• Foliage: Green turning to amber in the fall

• Clumping/Vertical
• Shade
• Flowering: Pistachio green
• Foliage: Dark Green

• Groundcover
• Sun
• Flowering: Yellow with an orange center
• Foliage: Blue-Green

• Groundcover
• Sun
• Flowering: Pink
• Foliage: Green

• Clump forming
• Sun
• Flowering: Pink
• Foliage: Green-Grey

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Spring Jardin: plant d’Avenir suggestions for a resilient garden

• Bushy
• Sun
• Flowering : From Porcelain White to Fuchsia
• Foliage : From fragrant deep green to soft grey and everything in between

• Bulb
• Sun
• Flowering : Porcelain White, honey scenter
• Foliage : Dark green slender leaves

• Groundcover
• Half-sun/Half-shade
• Flowering : Lilac
• Foliage : Dark green scented leaves