After an especially contrary winter, many Siouxlanders are looking forward to starting their vegetable and flower gardens, and according to Sioux City gardener, Bev Lessman, the key to gardening is early spring work. Get everything done as early as you can. Clean out the old grassy weeds to give the good stuff room to come up. Lessman recommends planting perennials first, annuals next and finally seeds.
Perennials come up first.
Around May 10, put out your annuals. Once the plants are in, seed around them. Perennials are done by June, annuals thicken out in summer, and seeds bloom from August till frost. You will have color in the garden all summer long. Lessman recommends planting flowers thick so plants grow in solid masses of color keeping the weeds down.