The seed catalogs and plant catalogs should be arriving now so you can continue to create your plant list or begin to finalize your plant list. Below are some issues and questions you need to ask when narrowing down your list of plants.
Things to consider when choosing plants –
Are they good for the zone you live in? KNOW your hardiness zone and check the plants to see if they work well int hat zone (Northern Illinois where I am is Zone 5, smaller the number colder the winter)
Will you need to treat them differently if they are not for your zone? (sometimes you can plant a Zone 6 in Zone 5 and do just fine, but a Zone 7 will probably not make it through our winter, but if you expect it to only live one year you will not be disappointed.
How many plants do you want or need of each varieity? Plan for no more than 3 plants of any single kind unless your family is larger than 6 people. Nice groupings of three are attractive and you can mix and match -- like two lemon basil and one purple basil for...
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