Kansas City Landscaping and Lawn Care Ideas

Here are some general guidelines for the frost hardiness of plants in Kansas City Gardens

Vegetables

Annuals

Hardy	Tolerant	Tender	Warm Loving
Corn Flower	Black Eyed Susan	Aster	Ageratum
Ornamental Cabbage	Calendula	Nicotiana	Balsam
Pansy	Coreopsis	Petunia	Begonia
Primrose	Dianthus	Scabiosa	Celosia
Violet	Snap Dragon	Statice	Cosmos
	Sweet Pea	Sweet Alyssum	Impatiens
	Torenia	Verbena	Lobelia
			Marigold
			Portulaca
			Phlox
			Salvia
			Vinca
			Zinnia

Thank you to the University of Purdue for supplying information needed to create this informative chart.

Will it snow?  I’ll leave that up to the experts at NBC Action News.

However, if it does snow, here is what you need to know for your plants.

Most will be ok.  We have had a very seasonable march so the plants that are in bud and coming out of dormancy will be able to handle the cold.  As long as the cold stays above 25 or so.

I do see an exception to some of the fruit trees in the area.  i have noticed that some of them were beginning to bloom.  These trees will likely lose some of their blooms.

I would wait to cover any plants until after it snows.  The wight of the snow ontop of the covers will likely cause more damage than the temperatures.

Also, there is a risk if we have substantial snow that trees with leafed out branches or trees with blooms could catch enough snow to hurt cause their limbs to break.  This could true for evergreens as well.