May 1, 2026 Carl Linnaeus and Species Plantarum, May Theilgaard Watts, Joseph Addison, Fresh Cuts by Edwina von Gal, and Emerson's May-Day

The Daily Gardener · May 1, 2026 · 14m

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It's the last day of April.

And if you've been waiting for the right moment to tuck pansies into a pot or a border, this is it.

Pansies love a cool spring.

They want these exact mornings—bright but not hot, damp but not heavy.

Give them a little shade by afternoon, and they will bloom their hearts out for weeks.

The word pansy comes from the French pensée, meaning thought.

Bruce Springsteen once left…