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Many gardeners across Ohio have started planting warm-season vegetables and annuals. Typically, Mother's Day marks the beginning of the planting season for most of Ohio. The biggest concern for the warm-season vegetables and annuals is frost. The date when a killing frost is not likely to occur again for the season, the frost free date (less than a 50% chance of getting a killing frost) in Ohio, is around mid-May. This date might be a little bit later for northern Ohio. Some of the common warm-season vegetables are bush and pole beans, cantaloupes, cucumbers, eggplants, okra, peppers, pumpkins, squashes, tomatoes, and watermelons. Typical warm-season annuals are ageratum, balsam, begonia, celosia, coleus, impatiens, marigold, morning glory, nasturtium, nicotiana, petunia, scarlet sage, verbena, vinca, and zinnia. Hopefully, Mother Nature will not throw a monkey wrench at gardeners this year. There is a wide array of cultivars of vegetables and flowers from which to choose. Visit your local garden center and/or nursery to view your options and purchase some for your landscape. For more information on vegetables and annuals, please visit the Yard and Garden section of Ohioline at: http://ohioline.osu.edu/lines/hygs.html.

For more information, see:

• Vegetable Gardening in Ohio
• Growing Annuals in Ohio