The best way to find out: Phone your favorite garden center and ask when they'll arrive.

Actually, I'd be surprised if they didn't have pansies, violas, english primrose, ornamental kale and cyclamen for winter color at nurseries since early December. I know it is colder up there, but these are all classic winter blooming things that are available here in northern California nurseries all winter long, no need to wait until spring, but probably better as pots of color for the front porch this time of year than planted now into wet soggy soil.

Pansies are cool weather plants and should be available in PNW garden centers from September/October through around late March. Typically, they are available all winter and only disappear from nursery shelves when the weather gets warmer and they are displaced by other, more cold-sensitive annuals. And you should be able to lay your hands on primroses now as well. And depending on your local garden center, you can also find started bulbs, some in bud and bloom, flowering hellebores and florist's cyclamen (which will tolerate some pretty cold temps outdoors but dislikes wet - good for porches). Lot's of opportunity for late winter color!!

The last few days I have seen Primroses, Pansies, Sprouting bulbs, English daisy and Bare root roses being sold at local garden centers. Gives me a warm feeling to see these pretty little signs of spring.