We have passed our last average freeze date in central Oklahoma, and we are into the heart of the spring planting season where you can plant trees, shrubs, perennials, color annuals and most warm-season vegetables with reckless abandon. The seven-day forecast is looking good with our low temperatures in the high 40s, so we can plant most everything except real hot-blooded plants like caladiums, periwinkle, watermelons, cantaloupe and sweet potato vines; they usually do best if we wait to plant until May 1 or after, when we are consistently above 50 F. The mid-April story is what we can plant — not what we can’t plant.Read more on NewsOK.com