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. Â Blooms in midsummer. Glaucous strap-like foliage. Â Plant will go dormant in late summer. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Dormant Indoors |