cool-season
Thrives when cold
Cool-season describes plants that thrive in moderate temperatures and tolerate frost, as opposed to warm-season varieties that need heat.
Cool-season grasses like fescue and bluegrass stay green in spring and fall but may go dormant in summer.
Cool-season vegetables—lettuce, spinach, peas—are planted early or late to avoid midsummer heat.
Post-summer cooling period
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- temperateMild, avoiding extremes
- mildModerate in intensity
- frostThin ice coating
overcast · dormancy · rainfall · moderate · crisp · dew · fog · shorter days
Leafy salad vegetable
- spinachEdible dark green leaves
- kaleLoose-leafed cabbage relative
- broccoliCruciferous vegetable with florets
- cabbageLeafy vegetable head
peas · carrots · radishes · beets · chard · arugula · cauliflower · turnips
Fine-bladed pasture grass
- ryegrassHardy turf species
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- bentgrassFine-bladed turf species
- overseedingSowing into established grass
lawn care · aeration · dethatching · moisture retention · golf course · sod · germination · irrigation
autumn
Post-summer cooling period
frost · overcast · dormancy · rainfall · moderate · crisp · dew · fog · shorter days · cloudy
lettuce
Leafy salad vegetable
- spinachEdible dark green leaves
- kaleLoose-leafed cabbage relative
- broccoliCruciferous vegetable with florets
cabbage · peas · carrots · radishes · beets · chard · arugula · cauliflower · turnips · parsnips
fescue
Fine-bladed pasture grass
overseeding · lawn care · aeration · dethatching · moisture retention · golf course · sod · germination · irrigation · mowing