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. Fall crops are planted in early to mid-August and can be enjoyed into late October, or maybe even Thanksgiving. Fall vegetables include most of the salad crops. In addition, broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage do best in the cool of the fall. Flowers for fall include pansies, ornamental kale and the ever-popular chrysanthemum.