Flowers that thrive best in spring but fizzle under hot weather are pansies, snapdragons and calendulas. Once summer arrives these plants should be pulled from the gardens to make room for the second season planting. May. These plants start to decline once September weather arrives. Summer vegetables are the main stay of the garden. Tomatoes, peppers, squash and green beans prefer the warmer conditions for best production.
Annual flowers take center stage in the summer season.
Flowering plants such as vinca, petunias, geraniums and many others do well. Fall is a great and often overlooked season. The cool conditions of the fall growing season last longer than that of its spring counter part. Many neglect fall because they burn out with the summer heat and drought. Many plants that thrive in the spring actually do better in the fall months.