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Flower Gardening - Annuals

Quick Reference List

Easy-to-Grow

  • Ageratum
  • Begonia
  • Chrysanthemum
  • Cleome
  • Cockscomb
  • Coreopsis
  • Cornflower
  • Cosmos
  • Dusty Miller
  • Four-o'clocks
  • Gomphrena (bachelor button)
  • Impatiens
  • Joseph's Coat
  • Marigold
  • Melampodium
  • Moss Rose
  • Pansy
  • Periwinkle
  • Pepper
  • Petunia
  • Poppy
  • Portulaca
  • Sunflower
  • Zinnia

Shade or Semi-Shade

  • Ageratum
  • Alyssum
  • Begonia
  • Coleus
  • Impatiens
  • Nicotiana (flowering tobacco)
  • Pansy
  • Salvia
  • Snapdragon
  • Wishbone Flower (torenia)

Hot, Dry Locations

  • Amaranth (Joseph's Coat)
  • Copper Plant
  • Cornflower
  • Cosmos
  • Four-o'clocks
  • Gomphrena (bachelor button)
  • Melampodium
  • Morning Glory
  • Moss Rose
  • Periwinkle
  • Portulaca
  • Sunflower
  • Tithonia
  • Verbena
  • Zinnia 

Poor Soils

  • Amaranth (Joseph's Coat)
  • Cleome
  • Cockscomb
  • Coreopsis
  • Four-o'clocks
  • Gomphrena (bachelor button)
  • Moss Rose
  • Periwinkle
  • Portulaca
  • Verbena
Annuals To Sow in Fall
  • Alyssum
  • Babies' Breath
  • Calendula
  • Cornflower
  • Cosmos
  • Dill
  • Johnny Jump-up
  • Larkspur
  • Pansy
  • Poppy
  • Queen Anne's Lace
  • Snapdragon
  • Sweetpea
May Reseed Year after Year
  • Cleome
  • Coreopsis
  • Cornflower
  • Cosmos
  • Gomphrena (bachelor button)
  • Impatiens
  • Johnny Jump-up
  • Larkspur
  • Moss Rose
  • Periwinkle
  • Petunia
  • Zinnia
For Cutflowers
  • Babies' Breath
  • Calendula
  • Cleome
  • Cockscomb
  • Cornflower
  • Cosmos
  • Gomphrena (bachelor button)
  • Larkspur
  • Marigold
  • Poppy
  • Salvia
  • Snapdragon
  • Statice
  • Zinnia
For Colorful Foliage
  • Amaranth
  • Basil (purple-leafed and ruffle-leafed)
  • Caladium
  • Castor Bean
  • Coleus
  • Copper Plant
  • Dusty Miller
  • Joseph's Coat
  • Ornamental Kale (flowering cabbage)
For Edging
  • Ageratum
  • Alyssum
  • Begonia
  • Dusty Miller
  • Portulaca
  • Marigold (dwarf)
  • Pansy
  • Petunia
  • Verbena
  • Wishbone Flower (torenia)
  • Zinnia (dwarf, and Z. angustifolia)
For Containers
  • Ageratum
  • Alyssum
  • Black-eyed Susan Vine
  • Begonia
  • Coleus
  • Geranium
  • Impatiens
  • Marigold
  • Pansy
  • Pepper
  • Periwinkle
  • Petunia
  • Portulaca
  • Verbena
  • Wishbone Flower (torenia)
For Backgrounds and Screens
  • Amaranth
  • Castor Bean
  • Cleome
  • Cockscomb
  • Copper Plant
  • Cosmos
  • Hollyhock
  • Marigold (tall)
  • Sunflower
  • Tithonia
  • Zinnia (tall)
For Groundcovers
  • Alyssum
  • Begonia
  • Moss Rose
  • Periwinkle
  • Portulaca
  • Verbena
Attract Butterflies
  • Coreopsis
  • Cosmos
  • Gaillardia
  • Gomphrena (bachelor button)
  • Marigold (singles best)
  • Periwinkle
  • Queen Anne's Lace
  • Verbena
  • Zinnia (the best)

 


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