Several annual and perennial plants can add a splash of color to ... Pinks, also known as sweet Williams (Dianthus) flower in early spring and can be found in bloom now at area garden centers.

The next UC Master Gardener workshop will focus on how to grow flowers for cutting and arranging in SLO County.

Dianthus is a cool-season bedding plant that will last until June, he explained. Other tips included: Coreopsis is a perennial pollinator plant that blooms from spring through fall. Frost will not ...