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Annuals

Type Botanical Name Native Common Name Description Height Light Req. Zone Add to My List
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 Corona’ Dahlia

Glowing salmon orange double blooms with quilled petals held upright on sturdy stems.

2-3 feet Full sun Tropical
Annual DAHLIA ‘Karma Lagoon’ Dahlia

Lush magenta and violet-blue blooms.

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 ‘Mystic Fantasy’

Dark bronze foliage accents the bright hot pink flowers.

Full sun Overwinter Dormant Indoors
Annual DATURA ‘Yellow Ruffles’ Angel's Trumpet

Huge 6″ double flowers on bushy plants. The seeds are very toxic.

36-48 Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual DATURA innoxia ‘Evening Fragrance’ Jimson Weed

Large upward facing trumpet shaped white flowers up to 8 inches across with pale lavender edge are sweetly fragrant in the evening.

24-36" Full Sun/Part Shade Overwinter Indoors
Annual DATURA inoxia ‘Belle Blanche’ Jimson Weed

Large, white trumpet-shaped flowers over large leaves.  Habit is sprawling so give it room! The blooms smell somewhat of lemons!

2-3 feet Full sun Tropical
Annual DICHONDRA argentea ‘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 DIGIPLEXIS ‘Berry Canary’ Digiplexis

This hybrid between foxglove and Isoplexis has large hot pink tubular flowers with cream throats. Large spikes bloom through the summer on a compact, well-branched plant.  Attracts hummingbirds

22-24 inches Tropical
Annual DOLICHOS lablab Hyacinth Bean Vine

A strong climber with large clusters of purple pea-like flowers. The large green leaves are veined in purple and the seed pods are a glossy purple.

8-10 feet Full sun
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 ENSETE ventricosum ‘Maurelii’ Red Abyssinian Banana

Shiny green leaves on the top, burgundy-bronze underneath. Vase shaped dramatic foliage.

8-10 feet Full sun Overwinter Indoors
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
Annual EUCOMIS purpurea Pineapple Lily

Large, strap-like plum leaves and starry plum flowers.  Quite architectural. During winter dormancy need to be dry.

28-30 inches Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual EUPHORBIA ‘Glacier Blue’ Spurge

Narrow blue-green leaves edged in white. Blooms in spring with chartreuse flowers. Drought tolerant Deer& rabbit resistant

Full sun
Annual EUPHORBIA ‘Miner’s Merlot’ Spurge

Deep burgundy foliage highlights the bright chartreuse flowers in spring-summer. Drought tolerant Deer & rabbit resistant

Full sun
Annual EUPHORBIA x martinii ‘Ascot Rainbow’ Martin's Spurge

Chartreuse-green foliage with creamy white variegation. In cooler temperatures new growth is tinged with pink. Flowers early-mid spring. Drought tolerant Deer & rabbit resistant

12-24" Full sun 6
Annual EVOLVULUS ‘Blue My Mind’ Dwarf Morning Glory

Profuse blue flowers over gray-green foliage.  Heat loving.  Sprawls to 2 feet.

6-12 inches Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual FARFUGIUM japonicum ‘Aureomaculata’ Leopard plant

A Ligularia relative, this zone 7 perennial will need to be brought inside here in VT. Large, glossy, dark green leaves with yellow ‘leopard’ spots. Clusters of yellow daisy-like flowers in late summer and fall. Water loving.

2 feet Part Shade Overwinter Indoors
Annual FICUS carica ‘Vern’s Brown Turkey’ Edible Fig

Tropical-looking lobed foliage is ornamental, but this variety will also produce figs at cooler temperatures. Some reports of hardiness to zone 5 in a very sheltered spot, or keep as a potted plant and bring inside to overwinter.

4-6 feet in a pot Sun 6
Annual FUCHSIA ‘Autumnale’ Fuchsia

Long blooming tropicals for sun or part shade with dangling tubular flowers beloved by hummingbirds.  This variety has red flowers over coppery foliage and a mounding habit.

18-20 inches Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual FUCHSIA ‘Ballerina Blau’

Compact, upright grower with loads of small purple and red flowers.

12-14 inches Part Shade
Annual FUCHSIA ‘Curtain Call’

Upright to sprawling habit with loads of large dangling bells of purple and pink.

20-24" Part Shade
Annual FUCHSIA ‘Firecracker’ Fuchsia

Bright red tubular flowers over foliage variegated with pink and white.  Habit is upright.

24-30 inches Part Shade Tropical
Annual FUCHSIA ‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt’ Fuchsia

One of our favorites.  An upright grower with bright coral-red flowers over dark foliage.

22-24 inches Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual FUCHSIA ‘Swanley Yellow’ Fuchsia

extremely long narrow 5 – 6 inch single flowers of salmon and light pink. Attracts hummingbirds

24-30" Part Shade Overwinter Indoors
Annual FUCHSIA ‘Windchimes White’

Upright grower covered in single white bells with the faintest blush of pink.

Part Shade
Annual FURCRAEA foetida ‘Variegata’ Variegated False Agave

Upright, long sword-shaped leaves that are a medium green with a creamy-yellow stripe. Spineless.

3-5 feet Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual GASTERIA bicolor Lawyer’s Tongue

This succulent produces masses of fleshy mottled leaves. Flowers are bell-shaped pink to orange and green on long slender stems.

16-20" Full sun Overwinter Indoors
Annual GASTERIA minima Gastric

An adorable mini succulent with flat, stemless, tongue-like fleshy foliage dotted in white.

2-4 inches Sun Succulent
Annual GAURA ‘Stratosphere Pink Picotee’ Gaura

Butterfly-like light pink blooms all summer on an upright plant.  Best if not fed too heavily.  Heat and drought tolerant. May sometimes overwinter (zone 6 rated).  

18-20 inches Sun Tropical
Annual GAURA ‘Stratosphere White’ Gaura

Butterfly-like white blooms all summer. Best if not fed too heavily.  Heat and drought tolerant. May sometimes overwinter (zone 6).  Upright habit.

18-24 inches Sun Tropical
Annual GLADIOLUS callianthus ‘Murielae’ Abyssinian Sword Lily

Fragrant white blooms marked with purple in late summer.  Attractive sword-like foliage. Corms easy to store in the north. Syn. Acidanthera

2-4 feet Sun 7
Annual GLADIOLUS ‘Mirella’ Miniature Sword Lily

Bright red blooms with slightly ruffled edges in late summer. Corms are easily dug and brought inside to overwinter.

18-24 inches Sun Overwinter Indoors
Annual GOMPHRENA ‘All Around Purple’ Gomphrena

Spherical 1 inch rich-purple flower heads are both excellent cut and dried flowers. Blooms through the summer.

16-18 inches Sun Tropical
Annual GOMPHRENA ‘Fireworks’ Gomphrena

Spherical 1 inch hot pink flower heads tipped in yellow on strong stems are excellent cut flowers.  Forms a large, bushy plant by the end of the summer.

3-4 feet Sun Tropical
Annual GOMPHRENA globosa ‘Red Selection’ Gomphrena

Easy and free-flowering with spherical 1-2 inch red flower heads that are excellent both cut and dried.

16-18 inches Sun Tropical
Annual GRAPTOSEDUM ‘Alpenglow” Graptosedum

A Graptopetalum and Sedum hybrid. A bronze/pink succulent that trails as it grows. The rosettes grow tightly along the stem. Syn. Vera Higgins

6-8 inches Sun/Part Shade Succulent
Annual HEDERA helix -general English Ivy

We’ve rooted cuttings from a few resident ‘mother’ ivy plants- ‘Filigran’, Henriette’, and ‘Ingobert’. Treated as a houseplant or for hanging baskets. Solid green ivies are tolerant of shade, while variegated ivies prefer part sun.

12 inches Part Shade/Shade Tropical
Annual HELIANTHUS ‘Suncredible Saturn’ Sunflower

Everblooming 4″ large yellow with orange-red banding; excellent cut flower. Doesn’t require deadheading; great for bees/birds/butterflies/critters, but deer resistant!

24-32 inches Sun Tropical
Annual HELICHRYSUM petiolare Licorice Plant

Vigorous trailer with rounded, silver, wooly leaves.

8-12" Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual HELICHRYSUM petiolare’Limelight’ Licorice Plant

Outstanding foliage plants with 3′ branching stems and chartreuse woolly leaves.  Outstanding in mixed containers.

36-42 inch spread Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual HELIOTROPIUM arborescens ‘Marine’ Heliotrope

Deep violet fragrant flower clusters over large, dark green foliage.

16-18 inches Sun Tropical
Annual HEMIZYGIA ‘Candy Kisses’

Variegated soft leaves edged in cream with dark purple stems. In late summer it produces spikes of salvia-like flowers in a sweet shade of pink.

Full Sun/Part Shade
Annual HERBS -assorted culinary

We’ll have a selection of culinary herbs available- standards like thyme, basil, oregano, etc. plus some more uncommon varieties!

Sun Varies
Annual HUERINA ‘Zebrina’ Lifesaver Plant

Toothed stems are upright and trailing bearing the most unusual flowers that are star-shaped and striped with a red lifesaver candy-like center!

4-6 inches Sun Succulent
Annual HYMENOCALLIS harrisoniana Spider Lily

Fragrant white flowers with delicate very narrow petals from a central cup.  Blooms in midsummer. Glaucous strap-like foliage.  Plant will go dormant in late summer.

10-12 inches Sun/Part Shade Overwinter Dormant Indoors