Beautify pre-season with lavish planters of colorful annuals

During the difficult birth of true spring — with labor pains of snow, then rain and mud, then a freeze — followed by maybe one (or even two!) sunny days that may be anywhere between the 20s or near-50s, and often repeated ad infinitum until mid-April — gardeners everywhere gnash their teeth and/or simply grin and bear it. Generally without the grin.