Annuals
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Annual | CHASMATOPHYLLUM masculinum ‘Krugerskraal’ | Tiger's Jaws | Tight mat of succulent toothed foliage with fluffy bright yellow flowers. |
2-4 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | CITRUS meyeri ‘Improved Meyer’ | Meyer Lemon | An easy to grow lemon/mandarin orange cross that produces lots of flowers and fruit. |
6-10 feet | Tropical | |||
Annual | CITRUS limon ‘Variegata’ | Variegated Lemon | Shiny foliage edged in cream and fragrant white flowers. Over winter indoors as a houseplant in a sunny window. |
6-10 feet | Sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Annual | CLERODENDRUM ugandense | Blue Butterfly Bush | Large panicles of bicolor blue and white winged flowers all summer on an evergreen shrub; Syn. Rotheca myricoides |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | CLIVIA miniata ‘Belgian Hybrid’ | Kaffir Lily | Large clusters of flaming orange-red florets over strap-like foliage. Blooms in early spring and needs a cool period to bloom. Drought-tolerant. |
2-3 feet | Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | CLIVIA miniata ‘Golden Dragon’ | Kaffir Lily | Clear yellow flowers on a vigorous plants. |
2-3 feet | Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | COLEUS ‘Alabama Sunset’ | Coleus | Bright pink to red foliage with touches of gold. Medium to large upright grower. |
24-26 inches | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Annual | COLEUS ‘Dipt in Wine’ | Coleus | Velvety red leaves are centered and edged with gold. |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Annual | COLEUS ‘Fishnet Stocking’ | Coleus | Green foliage is heavily veined and edged in burgundy. |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | COLEUS ‘Kiwi Fern’ | Coleus | A distinctive coleus with slender burgundy fern-shaped leaves, edged with gold ruffles. |
18-20 inches | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | COLEUS ‘Redhead’ | Coleus | Saturated, vivid red foliage. |
16-24" | Part Shade/Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Annual | COLEUS ‘Sedona Sunset’ | Coleus | Beautiful russet orange foliage. Deer/drought resistant. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | COLEUS ‘Torchlight’ | Coleus | Fuschia/maroon foliage with green borders. Deer/drought resistant. |
3 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | COLEUS ‘Wasabi’ | Coleus | Brilliant chartreuse foliage on a vigorous upright plant. |
24-30 inches | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Annual | COSMOS bipinnatus ‘Double Click Bicolor Violet’ | Cosmos | A new Cosmos with striped and ruffled petals of purple & white on strong stems making it a great cut flower. It branches well and when regularly deadheaded will send out a nonstop display all summer. Drought tolerant Attracts bees, butterflies and lady bugs |
36-48 inches | Full sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | COTYLEDON orbicular ‘Elk Horns’ | Elk Horns | An interesting succulent with powdery-silver gray-green leaves, round initially then becoming flat and multi-pronged. |
12 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | CRASSULA capitella | Jade Plant | Fleshy propeller-like foliage is tipped in red and purple shades and stacked in small pyramids. |
4-6 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | CRASSULA ‘Ivory Pagoda’ | Ivory Pagoda Jade Plant | Overlapping, upright, succulent gray leaves form small “towers”. |
4-5 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | CRASSULA ‘Morgan’s Pink’ | Jade Plant | Thick silver-blue foliage that is stacked along the stem. Clusters of pink flowers at the ends of stems appear from winter to spring. |
4-6 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | CRASSULA ovata ‘Gollum’ | Jade Plant | Tubular succulent foliage is tipped in red and grows on upright trunks. Looks like some bizarre underwater creature. |
2-3 feet | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | CRASSULA perforata ‘Variegata’ | String of Buttons | Succulent triangular leaves are edged in cream to pink and form small upright stacks. |
9-12 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | CUPHEA ‘Hummingbird’s Lunch’ | Firecracker Plant | Red and yellow two-toned, tubular blooms all summer that butterflies and hummingbirds love. Drought/heat/clay tolerant |
24 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | CUPHEA ignea ‘David Verity’ | Firecracker Plant | Bright orange, 1”-2″ tubular flowers that hummingbirds love. Blooms through the heat of the summer. |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | CUPHEA ‘Vermillionaire’ | Firecracker Plant | Bright red, tubular flowers tipped yellow all summer on an upright plant. A hummingbird magnet. |
18-30 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | CUPHEA purpurea ‘Firefly’ | Bat-faced Cuphea | Large, cherry-red, winged flowers through the summer are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. |
18-20 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | CYNOGLOSSUM amabile ‘Blue Showers’ | Chinese Forget-Me-Not | True-blue, forget-me-not flowers on branching stems. |
15-30" | Sun | 6 | ||
Annual | CYPERUS albostriatus ‘Variegatus’ | Dwarf Papyrus, Dwarf Striped Umbrella Plant | Miniature, palm tree-looking rosettes. Foliage is green splashed with an uneven silver streaking. Moist to wet soil. |
2-3 feet | Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | DAHLIA ‘Bishop of Llandaff’ | Dahlia | This showy cultivar has dark purple foliage and single red 4″ flowers through the summer. Store the roots in a frost free location over the winter. |
2-4 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
Annual | DAHLIA ‘Bishop of Canterbury’ | Dahlia | Another dark foliage form with deep red peony flowers. |
2-4 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
Annual | DAHLIA ‘Bishop of Oxford’ | Dahlia | Single flowers of brilliant orange flowers over chocolate brown foliage. |
2-4 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
Annual | DAHLIA ‘Bishop of York | Dahlia | Single clear yellow flowers over bronze foliage. |
2-4 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
Annual | DAHLIA ‘Blue Bell’ | Dahlia | Fully double, 4-6 in. wide purple-blue flowers with broad petals that fade to lavender-blue, from summer to frost. |
2-3 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
Annual | DAHLIA ‘Gold Crown’ | Dahlia | Large, spiky gold-orange flowers on strong stems from June to Sept. |
3 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
Annual | DAHLIA ‘Karma Chocolate’ | Dahlia | Yummy double burgundy flowers darken to almost black in the center. Stems and foliage are also dark. |
2-3 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
Annual | DAHLIA ‘Karma Lagoon’ | Dahlia | Lush magenta and violet-blue blooms. |
2-3 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
Annual | DAHLIA ‘Karma Pink Corona’ | Dahlia | Medium pink cactus form. |
2-3 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
Annual | DAHLIA ‘Karma Prospero’ | Dahlia | Soft lilac pink double waterlily-shaped blooms are held upright on sturdy stems. |
3-4 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
Annual | DAHLIA ‘Karma Sangria’ | Dahlia | Large, yellow-centered pink flowers made up of quilled petals stand on strong stems through the summer. |
3-4 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
Annual | DAHLIA ‘Mystic Illusion’ | Dahlia | Prolific bright yellow single blooms over dark foliage. |
3-4 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
Annual | DATURA ‘Double Yellow’ | Angel's Trumpet | Huge 6″ double flowers on bushy plants. The seeds are very toxic. |
36-48" | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | DATURA ‘Purple Petticoats’ | Angel's Trumpet | Robust plants with large, fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers. This cultivar with double purple and white flowers. Seeds are poisonous. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | DICHONDRA micrantha ‘Silver Falls’ | Silver Falls Dichondra | Mat-forming with long draping stems of silver, pubescent foliage. Drought-tolerant. Excellent in containers. |
2-4 foot spread | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | ECHEVERIA ‘Blue Curls’ | Echeveria | Ruffled blue-green rosettes take on pink tones when the weather is cool in spring and fall. |
10-12 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | ECHEVERIA ‘Chroma’ | Echeveria | Succulent rosettes of foliage are dark maroon mottled with pink. |
4-6 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | ECHEVERIA derenbergii ‘Painted Lady’ | Painted Lady | Small pagoda-shaped rosettes are a frosty green, sending up pinkish stems of yellow flowers spring through summer. |
2-4 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | ECHEVERIA harmsii | Echeveria | Succulent lanceolate foliage is tipped in red and covered in soft hairs. Orange flowers in spring. |
6-12 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | ECHEVERIA ‘Perle Von Nurnberg’ | Echeveria | Bold rosettes of succulent pink-toned gray foliage. |
6-10 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | ECHEVERIA ‘The Rose’ | Echeveria | Thick ruffled lavender-red foliage is very sculptural. Forms a large rosette. |
16-18 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
Annual | ESCHSCHOLZIA California ‘Worldcup’ | California Poppy | Blue-green ferny foliage is the perfect contrast to the rich buttery orange blooms on the poppy. The flowers are doubled up making each floret more vibrant. Deer resistant Drought tolerant Attracts bees |
8-12" | Full sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | ESCHSCHOLZIA californica | California poppy | Bright satiny flowers come in the colors of the sunset. |
10-18" | Sun | Tropical |